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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015
581. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applicants on the housing waiting list for County Galway. [45126/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015
580. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applicants on the housing waiting list for County Donegal. [45125/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015
579. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applicants on housing waiting lists and why he is not aware of the level of housing need. [45124/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015
575. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government why Tipperary County Council has refused to purchase a property (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45016/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015
574. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the estimates of the reduction in the private housing stock in Dublin as a result of the introduction of new apartment size regulations, which affect bedsits in particular; the amount of funding he has provided to all Dublin local authorities for refurbishing and regenerating bedsit accommodation; the eligibility criteria for this scheme; and the criteria used in deciding which units are eligible for refurbishment. [44954/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015
147. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance if, under the proposal for the National Asset Management Agency to build 20,000 units over the coming years, there should be a fair balance between the provision of private housing and social housing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44704/15]
United States · United States Congress · 15 December 2015
Meth Exposure to the Home Disclosure Act or the METH Disclosure Act This bill directs the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), in coordination with the Environmental Protection Agency and any other federal agency with knowledge of methamphetamine-based hazards, to promulgate regulations meeting certain criteria for the disclosure of methamphetamine-based hazards in housing (other than newly constructed or never occupied housing) offered for sale or lease. "Methamphetamine-based hazard" means any condition that causes exposure to any hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant associated with the manufacture of methamphetamine that would result in adverse human health effects. HUD may carry out necessary investigations, and any U.S. district court within the jurisdiction of which one is carried out may issue orders for compliance with it. The bill prescribes civil money penalties for violations of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 December 2015
Military Family Stability Act of 2015 This bill allows a member of the Armed Forces undergoing a permanent change of station and the member's spouse to elect jointly that the spouse may relocate to the new location at the time during the covered relocation period as the member and spouse jointly select. The following families shall be eligible: the spouse is employed, or enrolled in a degree-, certificate-, or license-granting program, at the beginning of the covered relocation period; the member and spouse have one or more children in school; the spouse or children are covered under the Exceptional Family Member Program; the member and spouse are caring for an immediate family member with a chronic or long-term illness; or the member is undergoing a permanent change of station as an individual augmentee or other deployment arrangement. Families with other needs may receive exceptions granted by military commanders on a case-by-case basis. A member undergoing a permanent change of station who has one or more specified dependents and is no longer married to the individual who is or was the parent of such dependents at the beginning of the covered period of relocation may elect that such dependents relocate to the new location as follows: by the member alone if the former spouse is dead or has no custodial rights, or by the member and the former spouse jointly in all other circumstances. A member may not make: more than three elections; or any election unless the member's period of obligated service, or the time remaining under the member's enlistment contract, at the time of election is at least 24 months. The bill prescribes related housing and housing allowance requirements. Transportation allowances authorized for personal property of a member and spouse may be allocated as the member and spouse select. The Department of Defense shall establish a single application approval process for coverage under this Act which shall apply uniformly among the Armed Forces.
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 15 December 2015
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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what advice his Department gives to local authorities, housing associations and other housing providers on permitting or restricting (a) senior citizens and (b) others from keeping animal
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will estimate the proportion of people in London who will be able to afford to (a) rent and (b) buy a home in 2016.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what forecast his Department has made of how much it will spend on the starter homes fund in the next financial year; and if he will make a statement.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that landlords receive rent from tenants who are in receipt of housing benefit.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what transitional arrangements are being made for local authority employees who administer housing benefit when responsibility for that benefit moves to universal credit.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department takes to ensure that people divorced from serving officers are not evicted from serviced housing before they have found alternative accommodation.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff were employed at the Single Persons Accommodation Centre for the Ex-Services in each year since 2010.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's expenditure was on the Single Persons Accommodation Centre for the Ex-Services in each year since 2010.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff were employed at the Joint Service Housing Advice Office in each year since 2010.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's expenditure was on the Joint Service Housing Advice Office in each year since 2010.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on the veterans' accommodation fund in each year since 2010.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the effect of Scottish Government policies on the level of new affordable social housing in Scotland.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the accessibility requirements will be for the 8,000 new accessible homes announced in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015; and where those homes will be located.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government which are the 27 sites where successful bids for funding have been made in the first wave of Starter Home projects on brownfield sites; in which local authorities those sites are situated; and in each case, what measures th
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the number of new properties being built, and of the effect that that number is having on house prices.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Right to Rent Scheme for landlords to perform immigration checks on tenants will come into force in Scotland.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015
220. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which funding made available over the past five years for the completion of unfinished estates in the administrative areas of the various local authorities has been sufficient to meet the requirements to his and the local authorities' satisfaction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44642/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015
219. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which various estates awaiting taking-in-charge by the local authority have been progressed in the past five years, with particular reference to addressing compliant issues to the satisfaction of Kildare County Council in respect of all or any development, the completion of which has been impeded by issues relating to the economic collapse; the extent to which he continues to liaise with the local authority in regard to such matters; the progress he expects over the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44641/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015
218. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if funding for housing adaptation grants in County Kildare is adequate to meet requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44639/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015
215. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of housing units allocated by local authority for each of the past seven years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44636/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015
214. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has identified the ongoing monthly housing accommodation requirement for those on local authority housing waiting lists, given the pattern of the past 12 months; if he anticipates extra measures to address a potential increase in the number of families who cannot access rental accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44611/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015
213. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government how he can simplify the process of local authority housing applications and reduce the time taken to process individual applications, given that the process is greatly impeded by the amount of documentation which is required and evaluated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44610/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015
212. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied with the availability of housing through the National Asset Management Agency for local authority housing applicants who may be able to access such accommodation by way of private rental arrangement, rent support or housing assistance payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44609/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015
211. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities will endeavour to meet the housing requirements of those already in emergency accommodation or those who are homeless and awaiting such accommodation, such as families living apart with various relatives, with consequent disruption to the needs of children; if urgent consideration will be given to such families as a priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44608/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015
208. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review local authority home loans taken out in the 1970s and 1980s at exorbitant interest rates which persons are still paying back at a set rate and for which they never received an opportunity to change to a variable rate; if he will grant an amnesty to these persons and terminate the loans as they have paid the amounts multiple times over; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44485/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015
206. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in light of the current housing crisis, why only 10% of the total stock to be delivered by the National Asset Management Agency is to be social housing; if this conflicts with recent commitments to increase the supply of social housing and, given the agency's capacity to supply housing stock, if he will task it to increase this percentage above 10% as a matter of urgency. [44444/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015
205. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government why the social housing units delivered via the National Asset Residential Property Services Limited, the National Asset Management Agency social housing special purpose vehicle, are to be leased to local authorities as opposed to their ownership being transferred, as is ordinarily the case under Part V. [44441/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015
204. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the National Asset Management Agency's plan to deliver future Part V housing on its funded developments is a result of a statutory obligation on it, or if the agency's provision of 10% of new developments was made by mutual agreement with him; and, if the latter, if there is scope for revising upwards the percentage of new agency constructed developments that are to be leased to local authorities for social housing. [44440/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015
203. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if an agreement has been made with the National Asset Residential Property Services Limited, the National Asset Management Agency social housing special purpose vehicle, on whether local authorities will be able to lease the social housing units to be constructed by the National Asset Management Agency at below market rates; or if it will lease them at market rates; and, if the latter, the details of the leasing arrangement between the local authorities and the National Asset Residential Property Services Limited and the number of social housing units that will be made available through the National Asset Residential Property Services Limited, as part of the National Asset Management Agency's construction of 20,000 private housing units. [44439/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015
201. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to withdraw the new regulations on the repossession of local authority houses that are abandoned, given the difficulties this is causing. [44253/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015
200. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will request the National Asset Management Agency to build a greater percentage of houses for social housing than the 10% that it is mandated to allocate, given the urgent need to deliver new social housing, especially for the many homeless families (details supplied). [44521/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015
73. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Finance the arrangements under which National Asset Residential Property Services Limited, the National Asset Management Agency's social housing special purpose vehicle, will retain ownership of the housing units to be leased to local authorities for social housing provision; whether the National Asset Residential Property Services Ltd vehicle will have to remain in operation and existence indefinitely, as the lease-holder on these social housing units, or whether it is due to cease existence at the same time as the National Asset Management Agency; if it is to be wound up with the National Asset Management Agency, the arrangements in place for disposing of its social housing units; if it is to dispose of the units, if it will have to sell them at market rates; and if these units will have to be sold to local authorities or if they can be put on the open market. [44548/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015
72. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Finance the arrangements under which the National Asset Residential Property Services Limited, the National Asset Management Agency social housing special purpose vehicle, will directly lease properties to local authorities in order to fulfil its Part V obligation, associated with its construction of the private housing units announcement; if, in the leasing of these units, the National Asset Residential Property Services Limited will have a commercial mandate to lease the units at market rates or if the units will be leased at below market rates; whether the National Asset Management Agency has any statutory duty to fulfil a Part V obligation, when constructing housing developments; and whether the National Management Asset Management Agency's construction of social housing units is based on agreement with the Departments involved. [44546/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015
66. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance given the current housing crisis, why social housing comprises only 10% of the housing stock to be delivered by the National Asset Management Agency; if this conflicts with recent commitments to increase the supply of social housing and given the agency's capacity to supply housing stock, if he will task it to increase this percentage as a matter of urgency. [44443/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015
46. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the measures that allow flexibility within the rent supplement scheme in cases where applicants cannot source property within the limits she has set in County Louth; and if the housing assistance payment scheme allows for an uplift in the same manner. [44456/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015
45. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of rent supplement in County Louth for in excess of 18 months; the number of these who have been transferred to the housing assistance payment scheme; and of those transferred, the number who have successfully secured accommodation within the current rent limits of this scheme by community welfare officer region in County Louth. [44455/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015
44. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 10 November 2015, the steps a tenant who was under housing assistance payment should take to avail of rent supplement where a landlord declines to renew a new housing assistance payment agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44454/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015
36. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the plan for the provision of social housing is the most effective option available in tackling the worsening housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44126/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015
34. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his role in providing a national framework of policy, legislation and funding to underpin the role of housing authorities in addressing homelessness at local level, if he will provide a directive for modular homes to be built at sites not already earmarked for building of bricks and mortar homes, if he has issued any directive for public private partnerships to produce urgently needed social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44046/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015
32. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government how the target of 1,400 new-builds or acquisitions by local authorities and approved housing bodies will be met by the end of 2015, given that only 403 new units were provided in the first six months of 2015, the details of the new units and where they will be provided. [44128/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2015
29. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government considering the housing and homelessness crisis, if he will consider, as an alternative to temporary modular homes, purchasing an equivalent number of permanent homes, hundreds of which are currently advertised for sale at equivalent prices to the cost of modular homes, and which would move quickly and more permanently provide homes for those with housing need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44129/15]