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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2002
49 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he has satisfied himself with the balance of tax incentives in the housing market. [25592/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2002
49 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he has satisfied himself with the balance of tax incentives in the housing market. [25592/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2002
28 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the nature of the review being undertaken into the operation of Part V of the Planning and Development Act, 2000; the person by whom the review is being undertaken; when it is likely to be completed; his plans pending the completion of the review, to ensure full compliance with the 20% social housing requirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23855/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2002
22 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if he has been in contact with the local authorities regarding the implementation of Part V of the Planning and Development Act, 2000, relating to social and affordable housing; and his proposals to ensure that the provisions of the Act are implemented in relation to social and affordable housing. [23896/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2002
28 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the nature of the review being undertaken into the operation of Part V of the Planning and Development Act, 2000; the person by whom the review is being undertaken; when it is likely to be completed; his plans pending the completion of the review, to ensure full compliance with the 20% social housing requirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23855/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2002
22 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if he has been in contact with the local authorities regarding the implementation of Part V of the Planning and Development Act, 2000, relating to social and affordable housing; and his proposals to ensure that the provisions of the Act are implemented in relation to social and affordable housing. [23896/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2002
7 Mr. Gogarty asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if he intends to respond to demands from builders and developers to change legislation requiring them to set aside 20% of all new housing estates for social housing. [24072/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2002
6 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the housing study 2002, produced by the Society of Chartered Surveyors, which found that only 10,000 new houses are coming on stream in Dublin each year, while up to 20,000 are needed; the steps he intends to take to ensure that the shortfall is addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23856/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2002
4 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if he will make a statement on the recent Local Authority Social Housing Needs Assessment published on 13 November 2002 which indicated an increase of nearly 25% in the number of households in need of local authority housing. [24079/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2002
2 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if he will reverse his decision to abolish the first-time buyer's grant; if, in view of the many representations made to him since 14 November 2002, he is considering a relaxation of the abolition; if he is considering allowing applicants for the affordable housing scheme or the shared ownership scheme to benefit from the first-time buyer's grant; his plans to extend eligibility for the first-time buyer's grant to house purchasers who had paid their booking deposits, but who had not signed a contract prior to 14 November 2002; his plans to introduce alternative measures to financially assist first-time buyers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24080/02]
France · Senate · 27 November 2002
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 2002
Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to revise the direct loan minimum interest rate determination for low-income limited resource borrowers.
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 2002
Federal Death Care Inspection and Disclosure Act - Establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services the position of Coordinator of Funeral, Burial, and Disposition Services, to: (1) survey existing State laws pertaining to the death care industry; and (2) formulate standards specifying the elements of an effective system for registering, inspecting, and monitoring the handling and disposition of human remains by funeral homes and other death care providers. Requires the Coordinator to: (1) award Federal assistance grants to State agencies that regulate death care providers; and (2) establish minimum standards and requirements governing State regulation of funeral homes and other death care providers. Sets forth deceptive trade practices, including funeral provider practices that: (1) fail to make timely price disclosures regarding funeral goods and services; (2) fail to give an itemized written statement for retention to a purchaser of funeral goods or funeral services at the conclusion of the discussion related to such goods and services and prior to providing any services beyond taking possession of a deceased human body for authorized embalming; (3) make specified misrepresentations; (4) condition goods and services upon the purchase of other goods and services; and (5) provide embalming services without prior approval. Prohibits unsolicited telephone offers or door-to-door direct offers to sell funeral goods, services, crematory services, interment rights, or other cemetery and memorialization goods and services. Sets forth consumer protections with respect to certain cash advance prohibitions and requirements, and preneed and prepaid funeral service transactions.
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 2002
Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building Act - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to award a grant to Neighborhood House of St. Paul, Minnesota, to finance the construction of a new community center in St. Paul, to be known as the Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building.
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 2002
Federal Death Care Inspection and Disclosure Act - Establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services the position of Coordinator of Funeral, Burial, and Disposition Services, to: (1) survey existing State laws pertaining to the death care industry; and (2) formulate standards specifying the elements of an effective system for registering, inspecting, and monitoring the handling and disposition of human remains by funeral homes and other death care providers. Requires the Coordinator to: (1) award Federal assistance grants to State agencies that regulate death care providers; and (2) establish minimum standards and requirements governing State regulation of funeral homes and other death care providers. Sets forth deceptive trade practices, including funeral provider practices that: (1) fail to make timely price disclosures regarding funeral goods and services; (2) fail to give an itemized written statement for retention to a purchaser of funeral goods or funeral services at the conclusion of the discussion related to such goods and services and prior to providing any services beyond taking possession of a deceased human body for authorized embalming; (3) make specified misrepresentations; (4) condition goods and services upon the purchase of other goods and services; and (5) provide embalming services without prior approval. Prohibits unsolicited telephone offers or door-to-door direct offers to sell funeral goods, services, crematory services, interment rights, or other cemetery and memorialization goods and services. Sets forth consumer protections with respect to certain cash advance prohibitions and requirements, and preneed and prepaid funeral service transactions.
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 2002
Directs the Administrator of General Services to convey by sale to the City of Key West, Florida, or the Monroe County Land Authority in Monroe County, Florida, the Poinciana Plaza Housing property, located in Key West. Directs the Administrator to deposit the net proceeds received as payment for the sale into the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990. Authorizes the property only to be used for the purpose of providing housing and housing assistance for low- and moderate-income individuals and families for at least the first 30 years after the conveyance.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 November 2002
118 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence the housing status of army overholders; the steps he has taken or intends to take to ensure such families are adequately housed without delay; if he will give an assurance that no such family will be asked to vacate their accommodation until adequate permanent housing has been provided for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20848/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 November 2002
118 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence the housing status of army overholders; the steps he has taken or intends to take to ensure such families are adequately housed without delay; if he will give an assurance that no such family will be asked to vacate their accommodation until adequate permanent housing has been provided for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20848/02]
France · Senate · 30 October 2002
United States · United States Congress · 21 October 2002
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Funding Reform Act of 2002 - Amends the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 to make funding available for the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight without reference to "the extent provided in appropriation Acts."
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 2002
Community Development Homeownership Tax Credit Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a community homeownership tax credit based upon an applicable percentage of each qualified residence's eligible basis. Makes such credit available to residences located: (1) in a census tract with a median gross income not exceeding 80 percent of the greater area or statewide median gross income; (2) in a rural area; (3) on an Indian reservation; or (4) in an area of chronic economic distress. Prohibits a buyer's income from exceeding 80 percent (70 percent for families of less than three) of the area gross median income and requires owner occupancy. Specifies that the aggregate homeownership credit dollar amount which a homeownership credit agency (an "agency") may disburse is the portion of the "State homeownership credit ceiling" (the "ceiling") allocated to such agency. Allows "unused homeownership credit carryovers" to be allocated among qualified States. Sets aside up to 90 percent of a State's ceiling for certain housing projects in which a qualified nonprofit organization owns an interest and materially participates in the given project's development and operation throughout the credit period. Requires allocation of credit to residences to be in accordance with a "qualified allocation plan" of the agency issuing credit. Lists certain specified criteria such a plan must include and specifies that the plan must be approved by the governmental unit of which such agency is a part.
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 2002
Inclusive Home Design Act of 2002 - Requires new covered dwellings (certain residences designed, constructed, commissioned, or contracted with Federal financial assistance) to include at least one entrance that is accessible to, and usable by, people with disabilities. Exempts buildings from that and other entrance requirements on account of the terrain or due to unusual physical limitations. Makes further requirements of covered dwellings pertaining to: (1) accessible interior doors; (2) accessible environmental controls; and (3) accessible habitable space and an accessible bathroom. Requires each applicant for Federal financial assistance to submit to the relevant Federal agency an assurance that all of its programs and activities are in compliance with this Act. Requires each person who arranges for design or construction of a covered dwelling to submit architectural and construction plans to the relevant State or local department or agency for approval. Prohibits any Federal financial assistance from being disbursed to a State or local government unit unless the recipient is taking certain enforcement actions with regard to covered dwellings. Provides for civil actions in an appropriate United States District Court or State court for alleged misconduct under this Act. Permits the Attorney General to commence civil actions or intervene in civil actions under this Act. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to issue any regulations necessary to carry out this Act. Prohibits any State, political jurisdiction, or other such jurisdiction from requiring or permitting any action that would violate this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 2002
Colonias Gateway Initiative Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants through September 30, 2009, to regional organizations to enhance the availability of affordable housing, economic opportunity, and infrastructure in the colonias. Defines colonia as a recognized community: (1) along the United States-Mexico border region in Arizona, California, New Mexico; and (2) lacking such services as potable water, adequate sewage systems, and safe and sanitary housing.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
401 Mr. Penrose asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if his Department provides grant aid for persons erecting new houses which are intended to use renewable energy sources, such as installation of a geothermal heat pump to power the underflooring system in a house; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18377/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
399 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the number of sites allocated to individuals to provide their own homes under the low-cost subsidised site scheme for the years 1999, 2000 and 2001 and up to the end of June 2002; the number of sites allocated for voluntary rental housing projects funded under his Department's capital funding schemes; the number of sites allocated to co-operative rental housing projects under his Department's capital funding schemes; the number of sites allocated for co-operative home-ownership group schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18204/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
398 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the total amount of Exchequer funding which has been provided to Kerry County Council for housing to date in 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18202/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
393 Mr. McGuinness asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the reason a new house grant was not sanctioned in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view of the fact that the applicant fits the criteria set down in the hardship provisions of the legislation; if he will review the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18139/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
392 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if a lone parent, who has been on a local authority housing list, can avail of a scheme to get a specifically built extension to their parent's home to accommodate them and their child; if he will give details in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18033/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
390 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if qualification for social housing and shared ownership schemes differs between different housing authorities to take account of variations in average house prices; and if a more generous scheme can be put in place for housing authorities such as Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, where average house prices are well above the national average. [18020/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
401 Mr. Penrose asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if his Department provides grant aid for persons erecting new houses which are intended to use renewable energy sources, such as installation of a geothermal heat pump to power the underflooring system in a house; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18377/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
399 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the number of sites allocated to individuals to provide their own homes under the low-cost subsidised site scheme for the years 1999, 2000 and 2001 and up to the end of June 2002; the number of sites allocated for voluntary rental housing projects funded under his Department's capital funding schemes; the number of sites allocated to co-operative rental housing projects under his Department's capital funding schemes; the number of sites allocated for co-operative home-ownership group schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18204/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
398 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the total amount of Exchequer funding which has been provided to Kerry County Council for housing to date in 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18202/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
393 Mr. McGuinness asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the reason a new house grant was not sanctioned in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view of the fact that the applicant fits the criteria set down in the hardship provisions of the legislation; if he will review the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18139/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
392 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if a lone parent, who has been on a local authority housing list, can avail of a scheme to get a specifically built extension to their parent's home to accommodate them and their child; if he will give details in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18033/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
390 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if qualification for social housing and shared ownership schemes differs between different housing authorities to take account of variations in average house prices; and if a more generous scheme can be put in place for housing authorities such as Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, where average house prices are well above the national average. [18020/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
291 Mr. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who applied for assistance under the housing aid for the elderly scheme, to determine if the cost of the work undertaken by the applicant will be met in 2002 by the South-Eastern Health Board; if the commitment given to the Minister of State by the South-Eastern Health Board that environmental health staff would visit this person to determine his immediate needs has been honoured; if so, if the report is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18084/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
279 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason no contractor has been sent out by the Western Health Board to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo to install PVC windows. [17955/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
141 Ms Shortall asked the Taoiseach the commitment he will give to have the recognised bodies for the voluntary and co-operative housing sector involved in the social partnership representation pillars; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this sector is achieving a significant expansion and contributing to meeting Government housing targets, including those which were set for the sector in the Programme for Prosperity and Fairness; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that this sector was not fully consulted during the last partnership agreement negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18210/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
124 Mr. Deasy asked the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the west Waterford area has been without the use of an occupational therapist for a number of months and that this is causing increasing difficulties for people with special needs in having assessments carried out for the purposes of providing badly needed alterations to their accommodation under the housing aid for the disabled scheme; if this practice will be discontinued; if immediate steps will be taken to reverse this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18105/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 October 2002
4 Mr. Penrose asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if figures published in a newspaper (details supplied) on 1 October 2002, showing an increase of 34% in the numbers on local authority housing waiting lists during the past three years, are correct; the steps he intends to take to deal with the growing numbers on the housing lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17804/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 October 2002
3 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the action he proposes to take to deal with a situation where the number of persons waiting for local authority houses has increased by over 30% in recent years. [17801/02]
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 2002
Rural Issues Advisory Board Act of 2002 - Establishes within the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) a Rural Issues Advisory Board to advise the FCC on the impact of its decisions on markets and customers in rural America. Authorizes the Board to: (1) make a rural impact analysis of any FCC rule, order, or other decision; and (2) develop advisory opinions, comments, and reports to advance Federal Government commitment to universal service and to improve access to advanced services and information services in rural America. Requires the Board to serve as a clearinghouse for complaints, criticisms, and suggestions concerning FCC and other Federal policies and activities affecting the receipt of telecommunications services in rural America. Requires any rural impact analysis to be submitted to the FCC for review. Requires the initial analysis to describe the impact of a proposed rule on rural telephone companies and wireless carriers. Requires the FCC, when promulgating a final rule, to prepare a final rural impact analysis. Provides for Board review of FCC rural impact analyses. Entitles any rural telephone company or wireless carrier adversely affected by final FCC rules to judicial review. Requires the FCC to: (1) issue biennial reviews to Congress evaluating progress on measuring costs and other effects of FCC regulations on rural telephone companies and wireless carriers, as well as the capability of carriers to provide quality telecommunications services at affordable rates in rural America; and (2) report on the status of telecommunications in rural America, including universal and advanced services.
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 2002
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003 - Makes appropriations for FY 2003 for: (1) the Department of Veterans Affairs; (2) the Department of Housing and Urban Development; (3) the American Battle Monuments Commission; (4) the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board; (5) the Department of the Treasury, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Program Account; (6) the Consumer Product Safety Commission; (7) the Corporation for National and Community Service; (8) the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; (9) the Department of Defense-Civil; (10) the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health; (11) the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry; (12) the Environmental Protection Agency; (13) the Hazardous Substance Superfund, including transfers of funds; (14) the Executive Office of the President; (15) the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; (16) the Federal Emergency Management Agency; (17) the General Services Administration; (18) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; (19) the National Credit Union Administration; (20) the National Science Foundation; (21) the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation; and (22) the Selective Service System.
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 2002
Waives all points of order against the conference report to accompany H.R. 5011 (military construction appropriations for FY 2003).
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 2002
Emergency Home Financing Assistance Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to guarantee loans to homeowners with properties contaminated and reduced in value by leaking underground storage tanks. Permits loans to be used for other residences or to obtain equity in the property. Imposes income restrictions on borrowers. Requires public housing agencies to physically maintain qualified (entitled to a loan guarantee) property under its jurisdiction. Requires the loans to pay reasonable interest and the Secretary to fix and collect loan guarantee fees. Directs the Secretary to issue a certificate of guarantee for approved loans. Sets forth loan default procedures, providing for foreclosure, assignment, and forgiveness, as specified. Establishes in the Treasury a loan guarantee fund to be credited with loan collections, guarantee fees, and interest and to pay costs of the program to the extent that amounts in the fund are made available by appropriations acts.
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 2002
Rural Development Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a limited rural investment tax credit for each new or existing qualified rural investment building that is part of a qualified rural investment project located in a qualifying county. Directs the Secretary of Education to award rural education initiative grants to States for local educational agencies. Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish a National Physician and Nurse Service Corps Scholarship Program to provide scholarships to individuals seeking medical or nursing education in exchange for service in rural areas.
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 2002
States that: (1) empowerment zones in Pulaski County, Arkansas, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Yonkers, New York, shall not include any portion of a central business district (as such term is used for purposes of the most recent Census of Retail Trade) unless the poverty rate for each population census tract in such district is not less than 25 percent; and (2) such exemption shall be considered to have taken affect when the area was designated as an empowerment zone by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 2002
Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation Judgment Fund Distribution Act of 2002 - Requires that the share of the Tribe from amounts distributed to the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation under the Indian Tribal Judgement Funds Use or Distribution Act (and including funds from the Fort Peck Reservation, et al. v. The United States of America, Docket No. 773-87) be made available for tribal health, education, housing and social services programs.
France · Senate · 2 October 2002
France · Senate · 2 October 2002