Written answers

Tuesday, 5 July 2022

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government

Housing Policy

Photo of Martin BrowneMartin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein)
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212. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review into income limits for social housing, given that he stated that a review of income eligibility was under way in 2021. [35416/22]

Photo of Pádraig O'SullivanPádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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241. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans that are in place to increase the income threshold to qualify for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35938/22]

Photo of Darragh O'BrienDarragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 212 and 241 together.

I refer to the reply to Question No. 230 of 23 June 2022, which sets out the position in the matter.

Photo of David StantonDavid Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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213. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 323 of 1 February and 341 of 8 February 2022, if it is now possible for tenants in unsold affordable properties which have not been added to the local authority housing stock to purchase these properties following the deliberations of the working group which convened in September 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35419/22]

Photo of Darragh O'BrienDarragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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The working group convened in September 2020 to examine the issues relating to unsold affordable properties is continuing to consider a number of options. Any solutions put forward will consider all relevant parties including the tenants, the approved housing bodies, the local authorities and achieve good value for the Exchequer. These will be contained in recommendations from the group which I trust will assist in resolving this complex legacy issue.

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