Affordable Home Purchase Scheme
What is the Affordable Home Purchase Scheme?
Using the Affordable Housing Fund, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council will make homes available at a reduced price for buyers who are seeking to purchase a newly built home but need to bridge the gap between their mortgage and deposit to cover the full price of the home.
The Affordable Home Purchase Scheme provides purchasers with what is known as an equity facility. This means that purchasers will enter into an Affordable Dwelling Purchase Agreement with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and will receive funds from Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council in return for the Council taking a percentage ownership in the property purchased. The percentage ownership that Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council holds in your home is known as an equity share.
The purchaser can redeem or ‘buy out’ this equity share at a time of their choosing, but there is no obligation to do so. If the purchaser chooses not to redeem the equity share while living in the home, the Council can do so when the property is sold, transferred, or after the death of the owner.
The Affordable Home Purchase Scheme is aimed at households using their combined deposit and their approved maximum mortgage but who cannot afford the home at its open market value.
Further details on the Affordable Housing Scheme can be found in the Related Documents section below.
When a new scheme is being launched, all the relevant details will be available on this webpage.
All queries on Affordable Housing can be sent to afford@dlrcoco.ie