Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 October 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and Land Development Agency

Ms Maria Graham:

On the question of ownership, Mr. Coleman has covered some of the points that have been raised in that regard. The provision of homes is the critical and central objective of these proposals. As I said, it is a matter of having the right accommodation in place at the right time and at the right price in terms of affordability. There are several components to what we are trying to achieve and each them comprises different elements. The lands we are transferring from public ownership to the Land Development Agency will remain in public ownership until the agency does something with them. They will either be used for social housing and go into local authority or approved housing body stock, or they will be used to provide affordable housing for purchase or rent and homes for private sale to private homeowners. Any funds accrued will come back and be regenerated via the provision of additional homes. That is the essence of the model.

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