Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

One of the things I hope is that we will lessen the need for people to go into emergency accommodation by authorising local authorities to purchase the homes they are living in. If a landlord is selling up, if the tenant is a HAP or RAS tenant, the local authorities have the finance and are being encouraged to purchase those properties. The person will move from HAP to being a social housing tenant, which is something I think we all favour. They will not need to go-----

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