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To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will make it her policy to permit Miss Mildred McIlveen to purchase her Housing Executive flat at 24c Ardgeehan Gardens, Bangor; and if she will comment on long term residency and purchase rules.

Asked by

Robert McCartney (United Kingdom Unionist)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

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Written questions

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Answered

Tabled on

28 November 1997

For answer on

8 December 1997

Answered on

8 December 1997

Mr. Robert McCartney: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if she will make it her policy to permit Miss Mildred McIlveen to purchase her Housing Executive flat at 24c Ardgeehan Gardens, Bangor; and if she will make a statement on long term residency and purchase rules. [18935] Mr. Paul Murphy: The House Sales Scheme operated by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive broadly mirrors the Right to Buy scheme operated by housing authorities in England and Wales. Its operation is a matter for the Executive's Chief Executive and it would be improper for me to intervene. The Chief Executive informs me that the period of residency in Executive or other social housing determines the percentage discount that a tenant may qualify for, against the valuation price of the house. The basic rules for purchase are, that with certain exceptions, tenants may purchase the dwelling they are living in. The exceptions are sheltered dwellings and those dwellings considered suitable for the elderly, the rationale being that there is constant demand for these properties and it is likely to increase. In the case of dwellings considered suitable for the elderly, such dwellings are single storey properties and ground floor accommodation with no more than two bedrooms and which have been let to, or are for, someone over age 60. Where a dwelling was let to someone over 60 at the time the tenancy began, the successor in title may not buy the dwelling. If, in very exceptional circumstances, a dwelling considered suitable for the elderly is let to someone less than age 60, the house is not exempted from the House Sales Scheme. The Chief Executive of the Housing Executive has advised me that there are no plans to change the House Sales Scheme as it applies to exempted properties.

Date

8 December 1997

Reference

18935; 302 c425-6W

House

House of Commons

Northern Ireland Office

If she will amend the rules of the Housing Executive preventing sales of ground floor dwellings to those becoming tenants after the age of 60 years, to permit house sales in certain circumstances.

Asked by

Robert McCartney (United Kingdom Unionist)

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Northern Ireland Office

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Written questions

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Answered

Date

23 June 1997

Reference

3829; 296 c405W;296 c407W

House

House of Commons

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