Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 22 June 2023
255. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason a person living in voluntary housing, having been on the local authority housing list and been nominated by the local authority for voluntary housing originally, cannot apply to and get on the council transfer list if their circumstances change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30308/23]
View answerMatters in relation to the allocation of social dwellings, including the transfer of sitting tenants to other dwellings, are the responsibility of the respective local authorities. My Department has no role in this regard.
There is no legislative or policy provision preventing a tenant in an Approved Housing Body's social dwelling, who was drawn from the local authority's social housing waiting list, from applying to be placed on a local authority transfer list. Such transfers are facilitated by local authorities in accordance with their respective allocation schemes.
