Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 January 2019
65. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the policy regarding local authorities building one-off local authority houses in rural locations at which the family of the applicant can provide a site at a nominal cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1418/19]
View answerLocal authorities have a number of options available to them in meeting social housing needs. These include, if they consider it appropriate, the transfer of a site from a person qualified for social housing to the local authority, and the building of a social house on the site by the local authority, to be tenanted by the person who transferred the site.
It is of course open to any person, who is qualified for social housing support to make any particular proposal to the relevant local authority, for their consideration, in connection with the provision of a site. However, the actual operation of such an approach to social housing provision continues to be a matter for the relevant local authority concerned.
