Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 June 2024
375. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authority homes that have been sold to tenants in the past ten, twenty and thirty years. [24725/24]
View answerBoth the Programme for Government and Housing for All commit to maintaining the right of social housing tenants to purchase their home.
The most recent tenant purchase scheme, the Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme was introduced in 2016 and is based on an incremental purchase model. This scheme strikes a balance between increasing the scope for those in receipt of long-term housing support to purchase their local authority home, and ensuring the continued sustainability of the Scheme by not unduly diminishing local authority housing stock.
A breakdown of the number of houses sold by local authorities to tenants in the last ten, twenty and thirty years from 1994 until 2023 is provided below:
|
Years |
Total Number of Houses Sold |
|
1994-2003 |
16,157 |
|
2004-2013 |
9,621 |
|
2014-2023 |
2,409 |
Statistical information on the number of houses sold under the Scheme from 2015 until the end of 2023 may be found on my Department’s website, and can be located at the following link: gov - Other local authority housing scheme statistics (www.gov.ie)
