Rory Hearne (Dublin North-West, Social Democrats)
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538. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the 2026 funding for the tenant-in-situ scheme will be confirmed by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65917/25]

Rory Hearne (Dublin North-West, Social Democrats)
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539. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the 2026 funding for local authority acquisitions will be confirmed by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65918/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 538 and 539 together.

Tenancy sustainment, or tenant-in-situ, is a priority category under my Department's Second Hand Acquisitions Programme. It is not a scheme, but a policy tool available to local authorities to prevent social housing supported households in the private rented sector from falling into homelessness. It should only be used as a last resort by local authorities when all other options have been exhausted.

More broadly, the Second Hand Acquisitions Programme currently provides funding to local authorities to support acquisitions under four priority categories, including:

• exits from homelessness,
• urgent responses for priority cohorts such as persons with disabilities, older persons, care leavers, &c.,
• tenancy sustainment (tenant in situ), and
• buy and renew tackling vacancy and dereliction.