Written answers
Wednesday, 7 February 2024
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
Local Authorities
Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will consider reviewing the current position where local authorities are not entitled to sell properties to tenants where there are less than three bedrooms in the property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5005/24]
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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The Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme 2016 is open to eligible tenants, including joint tenants, of local authority houses that are available for sale under the scheme. The scheme is governed by the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 and Housing (Sale of Local Authority Houses) Regulations 2015. Changes to the scheme were introduced on 29 January 2024 when the Housing (Sale of Local Authority Houses) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 came into effect.
While the regulations provide for specified classes of houses to be excluded from sale, they do not specifically exclude the sale of houses that have less than three bedrooms. That said, local authorities may, within the provisions of the regulations, exclude houses which they consider should not be sold for reasons such as proper stock or estate management. Such decisions are matters solely for local authorities having regard to their respective housing requirements.
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