Advance Purchase of Turnkey Housing

CALL TO HOME BUILDERS AND HOUSING DEVELOPERS 

To offer houses and apartments with planning permission in unbuilt or partially commenced developments to Dublin City Council under an advance purchase turnkey arrangement for social and affordable housing.* This is a scheme primarily to activate un-commenced or stalled housing projects. Priority will be given to high quality projects that deliver earliest, subject to value for money considerations.

Dublin City Council have recently acquired five developments across the city under an advanced purchase turnkey arrangement, delivering a total of 264 homes.

The following proposal types will be considered by Dublin City Council:

• Turnkey residential units in completed developments, or in developments due for completion in 2025, 2026 & 2027.
• Joint venture arrangements that include delivery of social and affordable homes with an Approved Housing Body. 
• Splitting into phases and across multiple schemes and other arrangements may also be considered.
• Any other variant proposal under advanced purchase turnkey arrangements that home builders/developers may wish to put forward for consideration.

Applications will be assessed under the following criteria:

• Delivery Programme
• Social/Affordable Housing need/suitability at that location 
• Value for money 
• Quality of design and construction in accordance with Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage requirements

Interested parties should submit a completed Expression of Interest form to [email protected].

*Where agreement is reached between the proposer and the Local Authority on a scheme of development, the manner of conveyance will be by way of the standard ‘Contract for Sale’. The turnkey contract agreement is not and should not be construed as a building agreement or public works contract.

*Housing schemes purchases are subject to the approval of, and engagement with, the Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage and any other Government Agencies.  Dublin City Council is not obliged to purchase any schemes of houses/apartments submitted as part of this process.

* Dublin City Council is subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2014. If you consider that, any of the information supplied by you is either commercially sensitive or confidential in nature, this should be highlighted and the reasons for its sensitivity specified. This material will be reviewed as part of the response to any FOI requests received and decisions will be made in accordance with the criteria for exemptions provided for in the Freedom of Information Act 2014.

* It is at the discretion of Dublin City Council to assess or not assess any application/proposal received in response to this call.