Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 11 June 2015

Thursday, 11 June 2015

Questions (207)

Ciaran Lynch

Question:

207. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the necessary regulations have been made under the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 to facilitate tenant purchase of houses; if the scheme has commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22794/15]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government

Part 3 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 provides for a new scheme for the tenant purchase of existing local authority houses along incremental purchase lines. The Government's Social Housing Strategy 2020 includes a commitment to make the Regulations necessary for its introduction, in the second quarter of 2015, which will set out the full details of the new scheme. It is expected that the new scheme will commence at the earliest possible date following the making of the Regulations which are at an advanced stage of drafting.