Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 5 December 2013
66. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Finance the number of properties the National Asset Management Agency has offered to homeless charities; if he will set out the status of these properties and the reason some were refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52362/13]
View answerNAMA has made 4,369 properties available, through its debtors and receivers, for social housing. Under a formal process agreed with the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government and the Minister for Housing and Planning, NAMA has provided a list of these houses and apartments to the Housing Agency, which, in turn, has engaged with local authorities to ascertain demand. Where demand has been confirmed, the Housing Agency invites expressions of interest from the relevant local authority and approved housing bodies, including homeless charities, for the purchase or lease of the properties. Once demand is confirmed and the contract for purchase or lease is entered into through this process, NAMA makes the properties available as soon as is possible.
