Tipperary County Council haven’t built a single house this year
Tipperary County Council have failed to build a single house out of their 170 home target for 2025 – though 14 social homes were delivered in the county through other schemes in the first six months of the year.
That’s according to the Government’s status report on social housing construction projects for the first six months of 2025, which shows that in Tipperary, just 14 social homes have been delivered so far this year.
Eleven homes were delivered by approved housing bodies (AHBs), while one was delivered through the Part V scheme.
The Part V scheme is a provision in planning law where developers transfer 20pc of properties in developments of a certain size to the local authority to be used as social housing.
Two properties were added through the local authority turnkey scheme, which is when local authorities agree to purchase homes from a developer before construction begins.
Despite this, data shows that in two of the last three years, Tipperary County Council (TCC) exceeded their social home delivery target.
In 2023, TCC had a target of 155 houses, but built 161. In 2024, their social housing target was set at 158, while a total of 180 homes were built that year.
2022 was the only year out of the last three that Tipperary County Council didn’t meet their housing target, which was set at 230. Just 196 social houses were delivered that year.
These figures show that Tipperary County Council delivered 99pc of their housing goals over the past three years combined.
Nationally, the figures for social housing delivery are up by more than half on the same period last year, with 1,804 social homes delivered in the first six months of this year, up almost 54 pc on the first six months of 2024, when 1,174 homes were delivered.
While first-half delivery figures are encouraging, the full picture will become clearer by year-end, as social housing delivery by local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) typically accelerates in the second half of the year, the Department of Housing said.
Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, James Browne said that the figures show that the Government is building more social and affordable homes now than at any point since the 1970s.
"These figures demonstrate that our efforts to accelerate the delivery of social housing, particularly new-build homes are having an impact,” he said.
"We are now constructing more social housing than at any point since the 1970s, and I am determined to ensure this progress continues,” Minister Browne added.