Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 April 2023
700. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authorities have any flexibility when applying the underaccommodation rule in assessing tenant purchase applications. [16088/23]
View answerThe Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme 2016 is open to eligible tenants, including joint tenants, of local authority houses that are available for sale under the scheme.
The scheme is governed by the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 and Housing (Sale of Local Authority Houses) Regulations 2015. While the regulations provide for specified classes of houses to be excluded from sale, they do not prohibit the sale of 'under-accommodated' houses to eligible tenants.
That said, local authorities may, within the provisions of the regulations, exclude houses which they consider should not be sold for reasons such as proper stock or estate management. Such decisions are matters solely for local authorities having regard to their respective housing requirements.
