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Affordable Housing Bill 2021
- Sponsor
- Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage
- Introduced
- 11 May 2021
- Last updated
- 11 Sep 2024
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Housing authorities can provide affordable dwellings for purchase through direct sale or financial assistance for open market properties, with housing authority retaining equity share in the property.
- Homeowners can redeem the authority's equity through periodic payments (minimum €7,500-€10,000), by selling the property, or the authority can force realisation after 25-30 years or on breach of terms.
- Eligibility requires applicants to be first-time buyers earning below 90% mortgage threshold, living in authority area one year, with priority schemes allocating 70% by need and 30% by local discretion.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage26th Seanad11 May 2021
- Second Stage26th Seanad17 May 2021
- Committee Stage26th Seanad24 May 2021
- Report Stage26th Seanad4 Jun 2021
- Second Stage33rd Dáil18 Jun 2021
- Fifth Stage26th Seanad18 Jun 2021
- Fifth Stage33rd Dáil8 Jul 2021
- Committee Stage33rd Dáil8 Jul 2021
- Report Stage33rd Dáil8 Jul 2021
- Enacted21 Jul 2021
Debates
- [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages12 Jul 2021
- Committee and Remaining Stages8 Jul 2021
- Second Stage24 Jun 2021
- Report and Final Stages18 Jun 2021
- Committee Stage (Resumed)4 Jun 2021
- Committee Stage (Resumed)31 May 2021
- Committee Stage28 May 2021
- Second Stage (Resumed)24 May 2021
- Order for Second Stage17 May 2021
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