Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Would Dublin City Council or the docklands authority have an objection to going to the national scheme that operates under local authorities? It is a complicated issue. The vast majority of residents in affordable housing have no intention of flipping, as Mr. Crawley put it.

Unfortunately, as time passes families grow and marriages break down. A small number of people are in great difficulty because of the particular model. Nobody expected that property prices would drop to such an extent, and renting is a short-term, not a long-term, option. I know a family on the north side with three children who are living in a one-bedroom apartment and cannot move because of the clawback arrangement.