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‹ Questions on Promised Legislation Regulation of housing bodies
Summary
Deputy O’Sullivan asks when legislation to regulate voluntary housing bodies will be published so they can borrow for social housing construction. The Tánaiste says it is a priority for the term and will be before the House this term.
In the context of the urgent need for more social housing, some of the larger voluntary housing associations have been making a very strong case that if they could show they were regulated they could borrow money to build substantial numbers of social houses. It is a year and a half since there was pre-legislative scrutiny on the Bill to regulate the voluntary housing sector and the approved housing bodies. It is on the list. When will the legislation be published?
