Malcolm Noonan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

The Government has developed the cost-rental tenant in situscheme for tenants in private rental homes who are at risk of homelessness because a landlord intends to sell the property but who are not in receipt of social housing supports. The scheme was established on a temporary administrative basis from 1 April 2023 and is managed by the Housing Agency pending further policy development over the longer term, with the intention of transitioning these tenants and homes to the standard cost-rental model.

Tenants in private rental homes who are at risk of homelessness because a landlord intends to sell a property but who are not in receipt of social housing supports, and have an annual net household income not exceeding €66,000 in any of the Dublin local authority areas or €59,000 in the rest of Ireland, are eligible to apply. I am informed that the Housing Agency is engaging with more than 130 landlords across all local authority areas, with a view to the purchase of those homes.

With regard to the tenant in situscheme, my Department publishes comprehensive programme-level statistics on a quarterly basis on social and affordable housing delivery activity by local authorities and approved housing bodies in each local authority, including completed acquisitions. From 2023, this data includes a breakdown of acquisitions completed by each local authority where a notice of termination issued to a tenant, and is available for all local authorities to the end of quarter 3 of 2023 on the statistics page of our Department's website.

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