Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2023-05-11
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Emer Higgins (FG), Dublin Mid-West

All of us here get tonnes of housing queries to our offices. The Government has introduced some fantastic housing grants and schemes to help people, but it is often very hard for people to navigate all of the schemes. My office always does its best to advise them, but there is a need for a centralised one-stop shop to help and signpost them to the best housing grants that apply to them, whether it is the help-to-buy scheme, the first home shared equity scheme, cost rental, affordable purchase, the local authority home loan or vacant or derelict refurbishment grants. The SEAI offers brilliant grants when it comes to retrofitting and energy grants, and also provides an information service to advise people interested in applying for the grant. Would the Government consider establishing a housing information office to provide practical help, advice and assistance? It would have the dual impact of helping more people get an opportunity to own their own home and if officials could guide people through the process, that would simplify the processes even further.

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Sitting date: 2023-05-11