Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 10 October 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No.2) Bill 2024: Discussion
1:30 pm
Ms Sarah Cooney:
This amendment was to make sure there is no legislative barrier to the allocation of the homes as cost rental and the designation of them to tenants in situ. It is important we brought this amendment in as part of this Act. The Deputy is absolutely right. More broadly, we are working closely with the Housing Agency on the cost-rental tenants in situ scheme, looking at those homes that have already been acquired and what programme could be put in place to transition those out of the Housing Agency, and looking to engage with our colleagues in the AHB sector and, as required, other cost-rental delivery partners. We are also looking at what might be the future of cost-rental tenant in situ. We are reviewing it to see how we could refine it for any future iteration of the scheme.
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