Every local authority in the country is set to benefit from a new €312m social housing plan.
The government has unveiled the latest phase of it housing strategy, worth a total of €4bn.
Some 1,700 new homes are set to be completed by 2017.
Some projects will only bring forward a small number of homes, but some councils in the Dublin area will use the money to fund projects of more than 50 units.
An estimated 300 jobs will also be provided in the construction phases of the developments.
The announcement is part of the first phase of 'direct-build' under the government's social housing strategy, which aims to bring 35,000 units on-stream by 2020.
The target is to bring housing waiting lists down by a quarter over the next two years.
Speaking in Clonmel to Tipp FM, the Environment Minister Alan Kelly said there will be further announcements in the months ahead.
