Niall Collins (Limerick West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 224: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide information on the proposed new incremental house/home ownership scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23911/08]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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The Government's housing policy statement, Building Homes, Sustaining Communities, signalled the intention to introduce an incremental purchase scheme. The objective of the proposed scheme is to make it possible for households with incomes lower than those required for affordable housing to gain access to home ownership, through making new local authority housing available for purchase by existing social housing tenants (local authority, voluntary/co-operative and Rental Accommodation Scheme) and prospective local authority tenants.

The Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill will include provisions to give effect to the incremental purchase scheme. In parallel with this, arrangements for the introduction of the scheme, including the possible piloting of it in certain areas, are being advanced.