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Provision of affordable houses.
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6.—(1) A housing authority may acquire, build or cause to be built affordable houses for sale by the housing authority in accordance with this Part.
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(2) The Minister may make regulations for the purposes of this section and those regulations may include provision for all or any of the following:
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(a) the class or classes of affordable houses that may be made available for sale;
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(b) the class or classes of persons to whom affordable houses may be made available for sale;
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(c) the form and manner in which an application to purchase an affordable house may be made;
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(d) the manner in which the price at which an affordable house may be sold shall be determined;
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(e) the requirements in relation to the family, income and other financial circumstances of persons to whom affordable houses may be made available for sale;
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(f) requirements in relation to the occupation and maintenance of an affordable house;
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(g) requirements in relation to the floor area of an affordable house determined in the prescribed manner;
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(h) requirements in relation to the standards of construction, maintenance and repair of, and the provision of water, sewerage and other services to, an affordable house;
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(i) the obligations of a person to whom an affordable house is made available for sale, including either or both of the following:
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(i) the provision of mortgage protection insurance;
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(ii) the minimum deposit payable by a person to a housing authority in respect of the purchase of an affordable house.
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