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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, January 09, 2023

QUESTION NO. 14

QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor 

To ask the CEO for a report into the Tenant Purchase Scheme; report to include any proposed changes and plans to further promote the scheme in that regard and will he make a statement? 

REPLY:

The Increment Tenant Purchase scheme is a statutory scheme and the most recent amendment to the scheme was made in February 2022 following the Housing (Sale of Local Authority Houses) (Amendment) Regulations 2021.  This amended the minimum income requirements to €12,500 per annum to ensure persons whose pension is their primary source of income can apply under the scheme and increased the time tenants required are to be in receipt of social housing support to be eligible under the scheme from one to 10 years.

Since it was launched in 2016, 20 properties have been sold by the Council under the scheme including 6 in 2022.

An online application form is currently being developed for tenant purchase applications through our housing online portal and will be launched later this year with accompanying promotion through the Council’s communications platforms.