446. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the way in which an increase in persons working from home is resulting in persons from high-rental areas acquiring properties in low-rental areas in order that they can continue to work from home at a lower cost; if his attention has been further drawn to the way in which the practice is beginning to make it more difficult for families in receipt of the housing assistance payment to find landlords that will choose them over high-income applicants from elsewhere; his views on whether the practice may only get more common in the future; his plans to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22693/20]

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446. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the way in which an increase in persons working from home is resulting in persons from high-rental areas acquiring properties in low-rental areas in order that they can continue to work from home at a lower cost; if his attention has been further drawn to the way in which the practice is beginning to make it more difficult for families in receipt of the housing assistance payment to find landlords that will choose them over high-income applicants from elsewhere; his views on whether the practice may only get more common in the future; his plans to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22693/20]

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