Tenant Purchase Scheme

Eligibility

If you have been a tenant of a local authority house for at least one year, you may apply to the local authority from which you rent your house to purchase it either outright or by way of shared ownership.

Purchase Price

The price of the house will be its market value, as determined by the local authority, in its existing state of repair and condition, less discounts. If dissatisfied, the tenant may submit an independent valuer’s report. In case of dispute, the issue is decided by the Commissioner of Valuation.

Discounts

You will be allowed a discount of 3% of the value of the house for each year of tenancy (up to a maximum of 10 years).

Outright Purchase

The purchase price will be payable at the point of sale and the tenant, as purchaser, will be responsible for raising the necessary finance. If you need to get a mortgage loan, as most purchasers will, you have the choice of applying to your local authority or to a bank or building society. The local authority will be able to offer you a loan at a variable interest rate or a loan with the interest rate fixed for the first five years of the loan. For further details please contact the Loans & Grants Section.

Shared Ownership

Shared Ownership enables a tenant who cannot afford full ownership immediately, to access full home ownership in two or more stages. The applicant initially acquires a share (approximately 75%) and rents the remainder from Wexford County Council, with an undertaking to acquire the remaining equity within the period of the mortgage. Rent on the Council’s equity (i.e. Council’s portion of the property) is at 4.5% per annum. For further details please contact the Loans & Grants Section.

Further details available from:

Housing & Community Development Section,
County Hall,
Wexford.

Tel. (053) 9176252

also

Loans & Grants Section,
County Hall,
Wexford.

Tel. (053) 9176211, 9176392, 9176411