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Resolution· HRESH.Res. 443 (112th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 October 2011
Establishes the House of Representatives Summer Internship Program, to be administered by the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Declares that interns shall serve without pay and shall not be provided with housing. Requires that eligible students: (1) be at least 18 years of age; (2) be U.S. citizens, nationals, or individuals lawfully admitted for permanent residence; (3) be enrolled in an educational program for which an institution of higher education awards a bachelor's or equivalent degree, or be scheduled to enroll after completion of the internship; (4) maintain a specified grade point average; and (5) not be previous House interns or pages. Sets forth an application process. Requires the Speaker and the minority leader jointly to select at least 70 eligible students to serve as interns, two-thirds on behalf of the majority party and one-third on behalf of the minority party. Establishes the House of Representatives Summer Internship Program Oversight Board.
Record· NominationPN1064 (112th)open
United States · United States Senate · 20 October 2011
Report· HearingS.Hrg.112-339published
United States · United States Senate · 20 October 2011
Question· writtenPQ 140asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2011
140 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the serious administrative backlog and ongoing workload generated by the current voluminous nature of local authority housing application documentation; if a simplified method can be investigated, with regular updating of information by the housing authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 137asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2011
137 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities might be encouraged to offer extra periods within which to pay rent or mortgages for householders who may have fallen into arrears arising from the current economic downturn but whose eviction will not benefit either the householder or the local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 135asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2011
135 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when it is expected that the various voluntary housing associations will be brought into line with good governance and best practice, with particular reference to any such bodies that did not always observe the articles of association in company law but which subsequently and retrospectively complied and sought arrears from tenants for the period during which they were not functioning in accordance with requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 134asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2011
134 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if consideration will be given to a review of the shared ownership loan scheme with a view to achieving a greater degree of fairness for those currently holding such mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 126asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2011
126 Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether HomeBond structural defects insurance was fit for purpose prior to 2008, noting that the Law Society issued a warning identifying the overall limit of liability in respect of any one housing developer as seriously inadequate; if it is currently fit for purpose in view of the fact that the current HomeBond structural defects insurance introduced in 2008 has an indemnity limit of €100,000 per housing unit together with a maximum indemnity limit of €2 million for all houses constructed by any developer; the action he will take regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 125asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2011
125 Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify section 180 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 to facilitate qualified residents issuing notice to a local authority to take an estate in charge prior to the expiry of the seven-year period, when the developer has abandoned the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 45asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2011
44 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a voluntary scheme for persons in mortgage arrears to transfer their homes to a local authority and become council tenants.
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Question· writtenPQ 43asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2011
41 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which housing loan arrears or the potential for difficulty meeting repayments in respect of shared ownership loans has been examined by him; if he has had any discussions with the various local authorities with a view to working out a formula to address any such issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 42asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2011
40 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the cuts he has recommended to the Department of Finance in relation to housing.
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Question· writtenPQ 36asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2011
33 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to tailor housing need assessment to cater for those persons who have been victims of domestic abuse.
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Question· writtenPQ 31asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2011
45 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons currently employed in making safe ghost estates; the amount of money drawn down for this work by local authorities; and the amount of work of this nature that is still required.
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Question· writtenPQ 30asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2011
39 Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the action he will take to ensure that the 18,638 completed houses that remain vacant are used to house persons as soon as possible.
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Question· writtenPQ 29asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2011
29 Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the most recent national housing survey which found that there are more than 2,000 developments which remain unfinished; his plans to provide extra funding on top of that already allocated to local authorities in order to address this issue.
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Question· writtenPQ 27asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2011
27 Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a failure to license alternative systems to supersede septic tanks in areas with poor porous ground has resulted in virtual shutdown of house building in rural areas of counties such as Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal, Cavan and Roscommon; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that this will have a severe adverse impact on rural communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 25asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2011
25 Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to expand sheltered housing provisions in each local authority.
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Question· writtenPQ 18asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2011
17 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps taken to implement the recommendations of the advisory group on unfinished developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· oralPQ 11asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2011
11 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for regulating bodies and persons in view of the sizeable role that voluntary housing associations, private landlords and developers will be playing in the new social housing policy
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Question· oralPQ 8asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2011
8 Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps being taken by him to maximise the social dividend from the National Asset Management Agency properties and their prospects for tackling the social housing waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· oralPQ 2asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2011
2 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to review the application criteria for local authority social housing waiting lists; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is an increase in social housing need during the current economic climate; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 103asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2011
103 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government how children’s welfare will be protected in the new social housing policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Bill· SS. 1737 (112th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 October 2011
Sensible Accounting to Value Energy Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to issue guidelines for all federal mortgage agencies (including the Federal National Mortgage Association [Fannie Mae], the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation [Freddie Mac], and any affiliates) to implement enhanced loan eligibility requirements, for use when determining the ability of a loan applicant to repay a covered loan, that account for the expected costs of energy at the property involved. Directs the Secretary to issue guidelines for how covered agencies shall determine: (1) the maximum permitted loan amount based on the value of the property for all covered loans made on properties with an energy efficiency report, and (2) the estimated energy savings for properties with such a report. Amends the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 to require rules by the federal financial institutions regulatory agency and the Resolution Trust Corporation for real estate appraisals for federally related transactions to require that state-certified appraisers have timely access, whenever practicable, to lender information relevant to an appraisal of the energy and water efficiency or conserving improvements or features of property. Applies the requirement of state certified appraisers to transactions involving any real property on which the appraiser makes adjustments using an energy efficiency report. Directs the Secretary to establish an advisory group on the implementation of the enhanced energy efficiency underwriting criteria established in this Act.
Question· writtenPQ 340asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2011
359 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to create a register of the sale prices of all houses and apartments sold here to ensure greater transparency in the housing and auctioneering sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 319asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2011
336 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of house repossessions from local authority borrowers in County Wicklow for each of the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 317asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2011
334 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons in local authority housing in rent or mortgage arrears for 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 316asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2011
333 Deputy Dara Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government how costs may be recovered with regard to a social housing scheme (details supplied) in County Cork, as the local authority has decided not to proceed with the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Resolution· SRESS.Res. 297 (112th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 2011
Congratulates the Corporation for Supportive Housing on the 20th anniversary of its founding. Supports its mission of preventing and ending homelessness in the United States. Encourages its staff to continue their tireless efforts on behalf of the people in the United States without a home.
Report· HearingH.Hrg.112published
United States · United States House of Representatives · 13 October 2011
Bill· proposition de loippl11-028lapsed
France · Senate · 13 October 2011
Question· writtenPQ 137asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 2011
139 Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if demolition is being considered in the case of some badly planned and unrequired ghost estates in the control of the National Asset Management Agency and unfinished developments that would prove cost prohibitive to complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 138asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 October 2011
138 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the sheltered housing provisions for recovering drug addicts in Dublin; if any of these services cater to families with children; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 136asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 October 2011
136 Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the role of the relevant local authorities, through whom funding is provided from his Department for voluntary housing co-operatives; if the local authority has any responsibility in relation to the standard of works or are they merely a conduit for funding with no responsibility in relation to these matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 131asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 October 2011
131 Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will sanction the purchase of land by Mayo County Council for the building of a home in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo.
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Bill· SS. 1697 (112th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 October 2011
Dairy and Sheep H-2A Act or the DASH Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include within the H-2A nonimmigrant visa category (temporary agricultural workers) an alien coming temporarily to the United States to work as a sheepherder, goat herder, or dairy worker. Provides: (1) for a three-year initial period of admission with additional three-year extensions, and (2) that no period of U.S. absence may be required for approval of such extensions. Directs the Secretary of Labor to issue housing regulations for such workers.
Bill· HRH.R. 3164 (112th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 October 2011
Short Sale Transparency Act of 2011 - Directs the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency to require the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), in any case in which one or the other denies the purchase of a residential mortgage loan made to finance the purchase, under a short sale, of a covered dwelling on the basis that the purchase price involved is insufficient, to disclose promptly to the prospective seller the amount by which the purchase price was less than the minimum purchase price sufficient for approval of the purchase of such mortgage.
Question· writtenPQ 315asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2011
345 Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency sought applications or proposals for the post of Sligo regeneration community liaison person with 12 July 2011 as the closing date for receipt of proposals; the number of proposals or applications received; if a decision was made regarding the appointment of a liaison person; when the community liaison person will take up duty; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 313asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2011
343 Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if housing association units for older persons will be developed in Killorglin, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 311asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2011
341 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 63 of 7 April 2011, when he will be in a position to include in legislation the exemption of the clawback charge applying to those who bought pre-2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 308asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2011
338 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that local authorities will ensure in their housing need assessment that sufficient priority is given to the safety of victims of domestic violence and their children.
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Question· writtenPQ 304asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2011
334 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the costing and-or the completion of the original regeneration plans for certain areas (details supplied).
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Question· writtenPQ 303asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2011
333 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a matter (details supplied); if he will provide a breakdown on the Department expenditure to individual local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 217asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2011
246 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount the Health Service Executive paid in rent allowance in 2010 from centres (details supplied); the number of rent supplements paid to families or individuals by the centres; the number of inspections carried out by the centres prior to approving rent allowance; and the number of payments that have been withheld by the Health Services Executive at the centres as a result of a notification by Dublin City Council of non-compliance with housing standards.
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Amendment· Amendement2011Z19913concluded
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 11 October 2011
Record· Brief regering2011Z19936concluded
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 11 October 2011
De verkoop van sociale huurwoningen die vallen onder de Koopgarant regeling en de samenwerking tussen gemeente Amsterdam, de Belastingdienst Amsterdam, de Amsterdamse Federatie van Woningcorporaties en de Stichting OpMaat om te komen tot toepassing van een Koopgarantmodel, waarbij het stelsel van erfpacht wordt betrokken
Bill· Private Members' Bill (under the Ten Minute Rule)Bill 895open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 October 2011
A Bill to make provision that occupiers of dwellings owned by certain forms of co-operatives shall occupy those dwellings by virtue of their membership of the co-operative and not as tenants or under any other type of property interest; to make provision for co-operative tenure and for the respective rights and obligations of the co-operative and its members; and for connected purposes.
Report· HearingH.Hrg.112published
United States · United States House of Representatives · 6 October 2011
Question· writtenPQ 116asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2011
117 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has undertaken any assessment of the viability of social housing bonds as discussed in the programme for Government.
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Bill· HRH.R. 3129 (112th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 2011
Family Foreclosure Rescue Corporation Act - Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish the Family Foreclosure Rescue Corporation to acquire, via the sale of bonds, home mortgages, and other obligations and liens secured by real estate which are currently in default or at foreseeable risk of default.