Written answers
Tuesday, 13 March 2012
Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
Local Authority Housing
8:00 pm
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 372: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the current schemes operated by him which enable local authority tenants to purchase their houses from councils; if he is introducing any new scheme in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13930/12]
Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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The current tenant purchase scheme, provided for in Section 90 of the Housing Act 1966, and known as the 1995 Tenant Purchase Scheme, remains in place. It remains the intention that this scheme will be wound down during 2012 to be replaced by a new scheme based on the incremental purchase model. This change will require amending legislation.
Separate provisions are in place under Part 3 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2009 providing for incremental purchase in respect of newly-built houses reserved by housing authorities for the purpose. This Incremental Purchase Scheme is available to all housing authorities.
emma byrne
Posted on 29 May 2012 12:14 pm (Report this comment)
Jan needs to make her mind up ,heres her reply to the sane question in May
The Government is committed to supporting access to home ownership for lower income households and a range of paths to home ownership will remain in place in that regard. These include the incremental purchase scheme, the availability of loan finance from local authorities for house purchase, including open market purchase, and the tenant purchase scheme.