Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)
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283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government Housing his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59344/22]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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The Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme provides for the purchase by eligible tenants, or joint tenants, of local authority homes available for sale under the scheme. Applicants must meet certain criteria, including minimum reckonable income and minimum time in receipt of social housing supports, to be eligible.

The tenant or, in the case of applications from joint tenants, both tenants must be in receipt of social housing support (which includes Housing Assistance Payment) for a minimum period of 10 years. This requirement, introduced in February 2022, seeks to encourage long-term tenants to stay in their homes and support development of socially sustainable communities.

Further changes to the scheme are currently being examined as part of the work on the broader social housing reform agenda.