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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the number of fuel poor households in the private rented sector living in properties with an energy performance certificate rating of (a) A, (b) B, (c) C
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Answer of 19 November 2013, Official Report, column 887W, on housing: insulation, how many installations of (a) loft insulation, (b) cavity wall insulation and (c) solid wa
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2014
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether there has been any decline in stamp duty receipts on higher priced properties since public talk of a "mansion" tax began.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of housing costs in London on the ability of employers to recruit staff; and if he will make a statement.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
570. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he expects Kildare County Council to be in a position to draw down the necessary funding to meet the urgent local authority housing requirements, with particular reference to identifying properties that may be purchased in each town or village, thereby addressing the most serious aspects of the housing issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46356/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
565. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he continues to take to address serious anomalies in respect of shared ownership housing loans which he inherited with particular reference to an annual increase in the cost of rental equity which made the cost of a loan for persons in that income category to be seriously disadvantaged when compared with higher income groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46351/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
564. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of persons currently on the various local authority housing lists throughout the country, with particular reference to County Kildare; the extent to which rent increases in the private sector are making it impossible for such families to exist or remain in their homes; if urgent provision will be made to meet their requirements. thus preventing a further escalation in homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46350/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
562. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applications received in his Department for funding from Kildare County Council to complete development works in unfinished housing estates within the past three years to date in 2014; the extent to which he expects to be in a position to respond to such applications in the short and medium term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46348/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
560. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which the various local authorities continue to receive adequate provision to meet the disabled persons housing adaption grant requirements; the numbers currently awaiting approval throughout the various local authorities countywide with particular reference to County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46346/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
556. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form on a county basis the total value of land accumulated under the land aggregation scheme in 2015. [46290/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
555. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form on a county basis the total per annum interest payment due under the land aggregation scheme in 2015. [46289/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
542. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 156 of 25 November 2014 his plans to address the gaps in the new housing assistance payment scheme whereby a person is not entitled to receive a payment until a housing need assessment has been completed (details supplied); the options available to such persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46172/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
521. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of units that each voluntary housing body plans to purchase in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45985/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
520. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of units that each local authority plans to purchase in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45984/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
519. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of voluntary housing units that will commence construction in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45983/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
518. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of social housing units which will commence construction in each local authority area in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45982/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
517. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the priority he has given to resolving the difficulties around the taking in charge of estates following the establishment of Irish Water; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that continuing delays in rectifying the situation has resulted in serious problems for householders selling their homes in estates that have not been taken in charge by their respective local authority; if he will act in this regard as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45981/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
516. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on recent reports regarding the inadequacies of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014, specifically Part 2 in relation to seeking disciplinary actions against local authority tenants who are engaged in anti-social behaviour; if he will enact the necessary statutory instruments to bring Part 2 of the 2014 Act into operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45973/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
514. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will commit to a minimum of 10% social housing on all developments over 800 sq. m; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45965/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
513. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to revise the planning legislation on the taking in charge of housing developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45964/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
509. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a county breakdown of social housing waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45960/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
507. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the change in Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2008 relating to bed-sits, the number of residents who are living in bed-sits who do not conform with the new regulations; his plans to address this while ensuring that the homelessness crisis is not further exacerbated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45958/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
499. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details on envisaged temporary solutions to assist persons in need of housing support while the new housing strategy is being rolled out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40957/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
125. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if tenants in receipt of the new housing assistance payment will be removed from local authority housing lists. [45871/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
124. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce measures that will allow the deduction of water charges fees from council housing tenants who refuse to pay their Irish Water bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45853/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
123. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will be open to setting up a national housing waiting list; his views on permitting applicants to carry time already spent on one waiting list where they need to move county in order to follow employment opportunities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45863/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
117. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a break down of the proposed €2.2 billion investment in social housing provision, including the sources of this funding, a break down of the allocation and the number of new builds, by council by year to 2017; the number of shovel-ready projects there are in each council area; the number of actual new specifically council homes that will be delivered by the end of 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45861/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
116. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the implementation of the housing assistance payment; the number of households currently in receipt of the payment; the average rent payment being made; and if there are any difficulties with the scheme. [40937/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
113. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there will be a minimum allocation for social housing on all developments above 800 sq. m. in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40958/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
111. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the recent announcement regarding the provision of additional social housing here to accommodate the current high level of housing shortage the level of additional housing stock that will be built to accommodate the housing crisis in Tramore, County Waterford; his views that there is a massive lack of housing available in this local town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45864/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
110. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if legislation will be prepared by his Department to develop the off-balance sheet vehicle to provide some of the social housing provision pledged by the Government over the next three years in budget 2015. [45867/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
105. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which the precise and immediate housing requirement in each local authority has been determined; the number currently deemed to be effectively homeless; the number of homeless persons coming on to the register on a daily and weekly basis; the local authority areas including County Kildare deemed to be most seriously affected by the housing crisis; if specific proposals have been submitted to his Department to address the issue in the short term; the exact number of extra housing units currently available or likely to become available through direct acquisition in the next six months; his proposals to meet the requirements as identified by the respective local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40942/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
100. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of social homes targeted to be built, in which local authority areas and the timeframe, under the Government's housing strategy. [45852/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
92. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a detailed report on his Department’s plans in respect of social housing provision for 2015; and the number of units to be delivered through direct construction by local authorities, through acquisitions by local authorities, through the use of the rental accommodation scheme, and from increased uptake with the roll-out of the housing assistance payment. [45866/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
85. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if persons who are housed in accommodation owned by private landlords and paid for by the new housing assistance payment are automatically taken off the housing list; if they are subsequently placed on the transfer list only if they specifically request this rather than this being done automatically; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45855/14]
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to encourage the building of affordable housing; and how many affordable homes have been built in Essex since 2010.
United States · United States Congress · 1 December 2014
Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 - Title I: Certain Expiring Provisions - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend certain expiring tax provisions relating to individuals, businesses, and the energy sector. Subtitle A: Individual Tax Extenders - Extends through 2014: the tax deduction of expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers; the tax exclusion of imputed income from the discharge of indebtedness for a principal residence; the equalization of the tax exclusion for employer-provided commuter transit and parking benefits; the tax deduction of mortgage insurance premiums; the tax deduction of state and local general sales taxes in lieu of state and local income taxes; the tax deduction of contributions of real property interests for conservation purposes; the tax deduction of qualified tuition and related expenses; and the tax exemption of distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable purposes. Subtitle B: Business Tax Extenders - Extends through 2014: the tax credit for increasing research activities; the low-income housing tax credit rate for newly constructed non-federally subsidized buildings; the Indian employment tax credit; the new markets tax credit; the tax credit for qualified railroad track maintenance expenditures; the tax credit for mine rescue team training expenses; the tax credit for differential wage payments to employees who are active duty members of the Uniformed Services; the work opportunity tax credit; authority for issuance of qualified zone academy bonds; the classification of race horses as three-year property for depreciation purposes; accelerated depreciation of qualified leasehold improvement, restaurant, and retail improvement property, of motorsports entertainment complexes, and of business property on Indian reservations; accelerated depreciation of certain business property (bonus depreciation); the special rule allowing a tax deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory by taxpayers other than C corporations; the increased expensing allowance for business assets, computer software, and qualified real property (i.e., leasehold improvement, restaurant, and retail improvement property); the election to expense advanced mine safety equipment expenditures; the expensing allowance for film and television production costs and costs of live theatrical productions; the tax deduction for income attributable to domestic production activities in Puerto Rico; tax rules relating to payments between related foreign corporations and dividends of regulated investment companies; the treatment of regulated investment companies as qualified investment entities for purposes of the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA); the subpart F income exemption for income derived in the active conduct of a banking, financing, or insurance business; the tax rule exempting dividends, interest, rents, and royalties received or accrued from certain controlled foreign corporations by a related entity from treatment as foreign holding company income; the 100% exclusion from gross income of gain from the sale of small business stock; the basis adjustment rule for stock of an S corporation making charitable contributions of property; the reduction of the recognition period for the built-in gains of S corporations; tax incentives for investment in empowerment zones; the increased level of distilled spirit excise tax payments into the treasuries of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands; and the tax credit for American Samoa economic development expenditures. Amends the Housing Assistance Tax Act of 2008 to extend through 2014 the exemption of the basic military housing allowance from the income test for programs financed by tax-exempt housing bonds. Subtitle C: Energy Tax Extenders - Extends through 2014: the tax credit for residential energy efficiency improvements; the tax credit for second generation biofuel production; the income and excise tax credits for biodiesel and renewable diesel fuel mixtures; the tax credit for producing electricity using Indian coal facilities placed in service before 2009; the tax credit for producing electricity using wind, biomass, geothermal, landfill gas, trash, hydropower, and marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy facilities; the tax credit for energy efficient new homes; the special depreciation allowance for second generation biofuel plant property; the tax deduction for energy efficient commercial buildings; tax deferral rules for sales or dispositions of qualified electric utilities; and the excise tax credit for alternative fuels and fuels involving liquefied hydrogen. Subtitle D: Extenders Relating to Multiemployer Defined Benefit Pension Plans - Extends through 2015 the automatic extensions of amortization periods for multiemployer defined benefit pension plans and for multiemployer funding rules under the Pension Protection Act of 2006. Title II: Technical Corrections - Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2014 - Makes technical and clerical amendments to: the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012; the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012; the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012; the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010; the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010; the Creating Small Business Jobs Act of 2010; the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act; the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009; the Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008; the Tax Extenders and Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2008; the Housing Assistance Tax Act of 2008; the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008; the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008; the Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2007; the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006; the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act of 2005: A Legacy for Users; the Energy Tax Incentives Act of 2005; and the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004. Eliminates provisions in the Internal Revenue Code that are not used in computing current tax liabilities (referred to as deadwood provisions). Title III: Joint Committee on Taxation - Provides that any refund or credit in excess of $5 million due to a C corporation taxpayer may not be made until the Secretary of the Treasury submits a report to the Joint Committee on Taxation providing information on such refund or credit. Title IV: Budgetary Effects - Prohibits the entry of the budgetary effects of this Act on certain PAYGO scorecards.
United States · United States Congress · 1 December 2014
Howard Coble Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2014 - Authorizes FY2015 appropriations for the Coast Guard and the Federal Maritime Commission. Authorizes end-of-year strength for active duty personnel and military training student loads. Amends policies related to Coast Guard personnel and their families, including education, housing, childcare, retirement, and orders to return to active duty for emergencies. Establishes reporting requirements, including requiring the Coast Guard to submit to Congress at specified times integrated major acquisition mission need statements and authorization requests for personnel and appropriations. Authorizes the Coast Guard to lease submerged lands and tidelands for periods longer than five years. Requires Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide prompt notice of marine casualties to state and tribal governments. Revises provisions concerning the National Response System and area contingency plans for the discharge of oil and hazardous substances, arctic marine transportation, ice breaking in the polar regions, vessel inspections, and distant water tuna fleet. Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) procuring, decommissioning, and extending the life of certain cutters (vessels that are 65 feet or greater); (2) establishing a process for vessel traffic information services to use automatic identification systems to transmit safety information, and (3) prohibiting DHS from dismantling or disposing of infrastructure that supported the former LORAN system (long range radio aid to navigation system). Reauthorizes through FY2017 appropriations to MARAD for a program that provides assistance for small shipyards and maritime communities. Directs federal agencies that operate vessels to report drug test violations by employment applicants to the Coast Guard. Reauthorizes the Fishing Safety Grant Program through FY2017. Establishes the Abandoned Seafarers Fund. Requires DHS to issue an analysis of safety and environmental management system requirements for vessels engaged in Outer Continental Shelf activities prior to issuing the requirements. Extends for a year an exemption from the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit requirements for certain discharges from vessels that are less than 79 feet in length or a fishing vessel. Requires the Department of Transportation to provide a national maritime strategy to Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 1 December 2014
Tenant Income Verification Relief Act of 2014 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 with respect to annual review of low-income families' income for eligibility requirements for certain federal assisted housing programs. Prohibits, after the initial review of any family's fix income, the public housing agency (PHA) or owner from being required to review its income for any year for which the family certifies, in accordance with specified requirements as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) shall establish. Requires the PHA or owner to review each such family's income at least once every three years. Requires PHAs to also review a family's income receiving Section 8 (rental assistance voucher program) at least once every three years (currently, at least annually).
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2014
204. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding single social housing and voluntary housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45734/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2014
202. Deputy Michael Conaghan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when a new scheme will be introduced to allow local authority tenants to purchase their houses; if he will provide details of the expected scheme and the way it will operate; the timeframe for its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45660/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2014
197. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the work under way to make vacant local authority-owned homes available for new tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45587/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2014
196. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authority-owned homes vacant at present; and if he will provide in tabular form the figures by local authority area and the reasons for the vacancy. [45586/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2014
195. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if extra housing options are available for those on the housing list who spent time in industrial schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45583/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2014
120. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the campaign to seek funding for Cuan Alainn Refuge, managed by Respond Housing at Cookstown Way, Tallaght, Dublin 24; his views on the claim that the refuge could close if funding is not made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45616/14]
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have made applications for funding from the Discretionary Housing Fund in Lancaster district since the inception of that fund.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new houses are (a) being built and (b) projected to be built in the next 12 months in Lancaster district.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people in Lancaster district live in private rented accommodation.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2014
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made following the conclusions of the Social Security Advisory Committee that the Housing Benefit (Habitual Residence) Amendment Regulations 2014 will lead to an increase in homelessness and rough
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people have (a) bought a home for the first time and (b) made mortgage applications in Lancaster district since 2010.