Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 14 March 2013
79. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when details of the new 2013 tenant purchase scheme will be made available; when the new scheme will open to tenants that wish to make an application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13473/13]
View answerThe 1995 tenant purchase scheme for existing local authority houses closed for new applications on 31 December 2012. I intend to advance the necessary legislative proposals as soon as possible to replace that scheme with a new incremental purchase scheme, involving discounts for tenants linked to household income and a discount-related charge on the property that will dwindle away over a period unless the house is resold or the purchaser fails to comply with conditions of the sale.
