AQW 2673/16-21

Ms Carál Ní Chuilín
Sinn Féin
North Belfast

Tabled Date: 08/09/2016
Answered On Date: 16/09/2016
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail how many homes sold under the Right to Buy Scheme have been bought back by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and/or Housing Associations.

Answer:

The ‘Option to Purchase’ under the House Sales Scheme which was introduced in October 2004, grants the Housing Executive or its nominee (Housing Associations) an option to buy back the dwelling from the vendor within ten years from the date of the house sale.

Since the ‘Option to Purchase’ was introduced, 12 properties have been bought back by nominated Housing Associations. No properties have been bought back by the Housing Executive.