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Galway TD wants immediate reform of Tenant Purchase Scheme

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Galway TD wants immediate reform of Tenant Purchase Scheme

Galway Bay fm newsroom - A Galway T.D. is urging immediate reform of the Tenant Purchase Scheme.

Fianna Fáil Deputy, Éamon Ó Cuív is criticising the Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy for continuing to delay reform of the scheme, which was introduced in January 2016.

A commitment was made to review the scheme after one year, however that report has still not being published.

The Tenant Purchase Scheme allows local authority tenants to buy their homes.

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Deputy Ó Cuív says only a handful of houses have been sold to tenants since the scheme was introduced because it's too restrictive.

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