Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

I was not planning to go on about this but I am becoming concerned that the Minister of State has not given any assurance on this issue. I am not in favour of selling social housing, particularly in the current economic climate when no social housing is being built. That is not in the Bill but this wording is. The Minister of State has not given any reassurance that it does not mean what I think it could mean. Will the Minister of State confirm that people will have security of tenure in these approved housing agency homes? Most people are being put into these types of housing, whether they want to be or not. If they wanted a council house, they do not have a choice. They are coming off the council list and going into the Respond Housing Association, the National Association of Building Co-operatives or whoever. Could they find themselves being asked to vacate the property if their income or circumstances improve?

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