Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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164. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if local authorities nationwide have the power to purchase, outside of the Rebuilding Ireland strategy, homes that have been made available to purchase by their owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15833/17]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Under my Department's Social Housing Investment Programme, funding is provided to local authorities for the acquisition of suitable new and second-hand housing and apartments for social housing use. The selection of such units for acquisition is a matter for local authorities as the housing authorities for their areas, with the clear expectation that such acquisitions meet priority housing need, are suitable, good quality, value for money, sustain balanced tenure mix and are part of a broader approach to the development of new social housing for the area.