Housing Act, 1988

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Provision of sites for private housing.

14.—(1) The Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Finance and subject to such regulations as may be made by the Minister under this section, pay to a housing authority or to a body approved of by the Minister for the purposes of this section, out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas—

(a) a subsidy of such amount as he may determine towards the loan charges incurred by the authority or the body; or

(b) a grant of such amount as he may determine,

in respect of the provision by the authority or the body of a site for the erection (other than by or on behalf of a housing authority) of a house.

(2) A subsidy under subsection (1) may, in lieu of being paid to the housing authority or body concerned, be paid, on their behalf, to the person who made the loan in respect of which the relevant loan charges were incurred.