A councillor has described as discrimination the fact that some of those living in council owned houses cannot buy them from the Local authority through the tenant purchase scheme.
Tenants of one year or more are eligible to purchase their house at a discount, based on household income, provided they meet the eligibility cirteria for the scheme.
However those in council houses on predominately private estates, were developer was obliged to provide a certain percentage of social housing, do not qualify for the scheme.
Councillor Jimmy Kavanagh says this is a country wide issue that must be addressed…………
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