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Assisted Home Ownership Schemes Eligibility Policy

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A decision made on 22 July 2021

Ministerial decision reference: MD-H-2021-0010

DECISION SUMMARY TITLE

Assisted Home Ownership Schemes Eligibility Policy

Decision summary author

Senior Policy Officer

 

Is the decision summary public or exempt? 

Public

Report title:  

Assisted Home Ownership Schemes Eligibility Policy

Report author or name of person giving report

Senior Policy Officer

 

Is the report public or exempt?

Public

Decision and reason for the decision

The Minister approved the policy in respect of the persons eligible to purchase a property through an assisted home ownership scheme as set out in the attached eligibility criteria.

 

The eligibility policy establishes the conditions that a person must satisfy in order to be eligible to purchase a property through an assisted ownership scheme approved by the Minister for Housing and Communities.

 

Resource implications

There are no resource implications arising from this Ministerial Decision.

 

Action required:

Senior Policy Officer to inform the Housing Gateway and Andium Homes of the eligibility policy to be used to assess new assisted ownership applications, and to publish the eligibility policy on gov.je.

 

Signature

 

 

Position

Deputy Russell Labey

Minister for Housing and Communities

Date signed

 

Effective date of the decision

 

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