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Social and Affordable Housing

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 June 2020

Tuesday, 16 June 2020

Questions (1062)

Eoin Ó Broin

Question:

1062. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the affordable housing regulations being drafted have been completed; if so, when he received them; when they will be published; if they have not been completed, the reason, in view of the fact he indicated in 2019 that they were imminent; and when they will be completed. [10828/20]

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Part 5 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, which was commenced in June 2018, now provides the statutory basis for the delivery of affordable housing for purchase in the State. Regulations in respect of the making of Schemes of Priority and advertising and application procedures were signed on 12 March 2019, and these were issued to housing authorities on 22 March 2019.  The purpose of a Scheme of Priority is to set out the affordable purchase arrangements at housing  authority level.  This includes the methodology that will be applied by housing authorities to determine the order of priority to be accorded to eligible households where the demand for such affordable dwellings exceeds the number available.  

I refer to the reply to Question No.1254 of 13 May 2020 and in line with the legal requirements of Part 5, the remaining required regulations are currently being drafted.  They relate to a number of administrative matters including the form of charging orders, the length of the charged period and the minimum repayment that can be made during the charged period.  Whilst I am advised that the drafting of the Regulations has proven technically demanding, I am happy to assure the Deputy that they will be completed and available to local authorities to accommodate the sales of the first homes to be made available under the new affordable purchase dwelling arrangements which will be delivered in Boherboy Cork City.

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