Affordable Housing Bill 2021
Minister for Housing, Heritage and Local Government Darragh
O'Brien T.D. has published the general scheme of the Affordable
Housing Bill 2021 (the "Bill"). The
Government's Summer Legislation Programme published on 26 April
2021 lists the Bill as priority legislation for the Summer session
and notes that pre-legislative scrutiny has recently been
completed.
The Bill provides for the introduction of three schemes that the
Minister proposes to introduce to "put affordability at
the heart of the housing system and prioritise the increased supply
of affordable homes".
The schemes are:
- Provision for local authorities to deliver affordable homes on
their lands;
