Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2002

Provision of affordable houses.

6.—(1) A housing authority may acquire, build or cause to be built affordable houses for sale by the housing authority in accordance with this Part.

(2) The Minister may make regulations for the purposes of this section and those regulations may include provision for all or any of the following:

(a) the class or classes of affordable houses that may be made available for sale;

(b) the class or classes of persons to whom affordable houses may be made available for sale;

(c) the form and manner in which an application to purchase an affordable house may be made;

(d) the manner in which the price at which an affordable house may be sold shall be determined;

(e) the requirements in relation to the family, income and other financial circumstances of persons to whom affordable houses may be made available for sale;

(f) requirements in relation to the occupation and maintenance of an affordable house;

(g) requirements in relation to the floor area of an affordable house determined in the prescribed manner;

(h) requirements in relation to the standards of construction, maintenance and repair of, and the provision of water, sewerage and other services to, an affordable house;

(i) the obligations of a person to whom an affordable house is made available for sale, including either or both of the following:

(i) the provision of mortgage protection insurance;

(ii) the minimum deposit payable by a person to a housing authority in respect of the purchase of an affordable house.