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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No.2) Bill 2024: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is perfect. I thank the Chair.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No.2) Bill 2024: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: The average cost per unit is €345,000?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No.2) Bill 2024: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: It was. The other report is on the unit-cost ceilings from the Department, which are not average costs. That is the upper limit to which one can go. It was poorly reported. It gave the impression that everything is costing at the upper end, whereas Mr. O’Gorman’s figures are similar to those of the local authorities. There is a range depending on delivery type, location and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No.2) Bill 2024: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: To go back to the Bill, the next thing I want to talk about is the allocations. My understanding of the Bill is that the Minister, by way of regulations, will set down the criteria against which allocations can be made. Individual cost-rental landlords will be able to apply either for the scheme or more generally, as to which of those they apply to that particular scheme. While the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No.2) Bill 2024: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Without putting words in Mr. O'Gorman's mouth would it be fair to say that whereas the definition of "households", was something the alliance was asking for, the current proposition around the allocations as set out in this Bill is not something that was initiated by the AHB sector?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No.2) Bill 2024: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: On the transfer issue, because that is a slightly separate issue, we are already beginning to encounter some people coming to us as constituency TDs and raising the issue about transfers within cost rental because their household composition or work location might have changed. Is that something the Housing Alliance welcomes or would be positive about engaging with?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No.2) Bill 2024: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Sure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No.2) Bill 2024: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Might a mutual transfer system, for example, assist in that? If there were two tenants and one happened to be in Tuath and one in Clúid and income and household composition, etc., suited, do the witnesses think that would be operable?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No.2) Bill 2024: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Absolutely.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No.2) Bill 2024: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: On delivery.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No.2) Bill 2024: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: My final question on the Bill is about the last bit of Part 3, which related to the tenant in situ. We know a small number of properties have been bought by the Housing Agency and a slightly larger number of properties are in train. None of the have been acquired by approved housing bodies, which was the original idea of the scheme. In some senses it is not unlike what was said about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No.2) Bill 2024: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will ask for one clarification. Ms McLoughlin gave a figure for projected cost-rental delivery next year in her opening statement. Will she give us the figure again?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No.2) Bill 2024: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: With regard the remaining figures for 2025, 2026 and 2027, is that just AHB delivery of cost rental? Just so I am clear about that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No.2) Bill 2024: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: It will be 1,200 homes for 2025; 2,000 for 2026; and for 1,641 2027.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No.2) Bill 2024: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: With the Chair's indulgence, is there any clarity on how what is currently not equity will become equity? I will ask counterparts that question in a few minutes when they take the hot seat. Has that issue been resolved or is it still under consideration?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No.2) Bill 2024: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: that is a terrible politician's answer to a tricky question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No.2) Bill 2024: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Apologies, is the importance of that, that it speaks to the gearing issue Mr. O'Gorman spoke about, that is, it eases a bit of the borrowing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No.2) Bill 2024: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: To add to that, I agree. For that to happen, there needs to be a single financing structure for all cost rentals. There are now three different financing structures between the AHBs, the local authorities and the LDA. There needs to be a single rent setting methodology. There are different rent setting methodologies within the witnesses' sector and again within the local authorities and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No.2) Bill 2024: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the officials. They are sick of looking at us, at this stage. It is the third time this week.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No.2) Bill 2024: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: There are two values to this session. One of those, certainly for the Chair and I, is that with each of the sessions, including the private briefing, Second and Committee Stages and the earlier session this morning, we are getting a much better sense and understanding of the Bill. That is already very helpful. It is also very important to put some of this on the public record. While...