Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 December 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Liam Smyth:

It will be provided for in the legislation that the only entity other than the tenant that can buy, as the Chair said, is a local authority or an approved housing body. There are administrative arrangements in place for a local authority to help a tenant if they want to avail of the tenant in situ scheme. It will the be the same with the Housing Agency and maybe approved housing bodies in the future. That liaison between the tenant sand them getting help will happen outside of this legislation.

We have mentioned that there will be guidance available for tenants, and information on both of those schemes will be available, more than likely, on the RTB website. We have guidance that we can update for tenants in receipt of notice of termination.