Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 20 May 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: County and City Management Association
2:00 am
Ms Elaine Leech:
We obviously gave the Deputy a summary of our position regarding tenant in situ. We have a number of cases where we have committed to the purchase of a property. We are at contract stage and are proceeding with the acquisition of the property. There are a number of expressions of interest that we are currently reviewing in accordance with the revised criteria to ensure that we are purchasing homes for those most in need, whether it be older persons or larger families to avoid homelessness. When we evaluate those expressions of interest between our allocations and acquisitions teams, we are then meeting to review what the options are in those instances where we are not proceeding with the purchase of a property.