Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)
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41. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his priority legislation to deal with the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17624/20]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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The Programme for Government – Our Shared Future identifies a range of legislative reforms in the housing area. The top three priority Bills that I plan to bring forward in relation to current housing shortages include measures to:

- increase notice periods in relation to notices of termination served on tenants for failure to payrent due during a further period after the expiry of the emergency period order under the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 and to prohibit increases in rents on certain tenancies of dwellings during that period

- establish the Land Development Agency on a primary legislative footing, and

- introduce “use it or lose it” arrangements in respect of planning permissions for housing developments of 10 units or more to incentivise early activation of planning permissions in respect of such developments.

The progression of these legislative proposals will be considered as part of the development of the Government's legislative programme.