Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 20 March 2024
683. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason none of the housing agency tenant in-situ purchases have been converted into cost rental tenancies to date; and the steps his Department is taking to address this delay. [12848/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Government has developed the Cost Rental Tenant In-Situ (CRTiS) scheme for tenants in private rental homes who are at risk of homelessness because a landlord intends to sell the property but who are not in receipt of social housing supports.
The scheme was established on a temporary administrative basis from 1 April 2023 and is managed by the Housing Agency, pending further policy development over the longer term, with the intention of transitioning these homes to the standard Cost Rental model.
My Department is currently completing this policy work to ensure such a transition has the required legal framework in place and will bring forward the necessary amendments to the Affordable Housing Act 2021 in due course to enable that transition.
