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51 records in 2015
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 December 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many homes have been built on flood plains in each of the last five years; and how many homes have been granted planning permission for building on flood plains.
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 21 December 2015
De gevolgen van het Besluit huisvesting
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 21 December 2015
Overzicht van gebieden met onvoldoende leefbaarheid
United States · United States Congress · 18 December 2015
Disability Integration Act of 2015 This bill prohibits states or local governments that provide institutional placements for individuals with disabilities who need long-term assistance with daily living activities or health-related tasks, and prohibits insurance providers that fund such long-term services, from denying community-based services that would enable such individuals, as an alternative to institutionalization, to live in the community and lead an independent life. States, local governments, or insurance providers may not discriminate against such individuals in the provision of community-based services by: (1) imposing prohibited eligibility criteria, cost caps, waiting lists, or payment structures; (2) failing to provide a specific community-based service; or (3) requiring an individual to receive a service in a congregate or disability-specific setting. Community-based services must be offered to individuals with such disabilities prior to institutionalization. Institutionalized individuals must be notified regularly of community-based alternatives. States, local governments, and public insurance providers must assess: (1) transportation barriers that prevent individuals from receiving services in integrated settings, and (2) the availability of integrated employment opportunities. The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must issue regulations requiring states, local governments, or insurance providers to offer community-based long-term services as an alternative to institutional placement. State and local governments, in conjunction with housing agencies, must ensure sufficient availability of affordable, accessible, and integrated housing that is not a disability-specific residential setting or a setting where services are tied to tenancy. Such regulations must also require states and local governments to begin implementing a transition plan to achieve the requirements of this Act within 12 years after its enactment. For 10 years after issuance of the regulations, HHS must determine annually whether each state is complying with the transition plan. If a state is complying, HHS must increase by five percentage points the federal medical assistance percentage for a state requesting an increase for expenditures on home and community-based services furnished under the state Medicaid plan under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, or a waiver of such plan, that are identified as: (1) improvements to ensure accessibility or self-directed receipt of such services, (2) funding shifts from institutional settings to integrated community-based services, or (3) environmental modifications for housing targeted toward the lowest income individuals. The bill provides for DOJ enforcement and allows civil actions by individuals subjected to, or about to be subjected to, a violation of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 December 2015
Youth Exchange Support Act of 2015 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from $50 to $400 per month the amount of the charitable contribution tax deduction for taxpayers who provide housing and support to a student enrolled in an educational program. This increased amount is adjusted for inflation for taxable years beginning after 2016.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether (a) all and (b) vulnerable tenants who receive housing benefit are subject to additional protection from eviction by landlords.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 8 December (HL4002), whether the Social Housing Regulator identified the absence of any residents on the Management Board of Circle Housing Group as being a
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Spending Review announcements on funding for affordable housing and the forecast £1 billion remaining in the 2015–18 Affordable Homes Programme will mean the continuation of availability of grant to complete pip
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have conducted a full assessment of the impact of the proposed one per cent cut in rent for social housing tenants on the eight Community Land Trusts (CLTs) that are Registered Providers and whether they will t
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2015
665. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the date on which the implementation planning group for the National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability 2011-2016 was established; the number of meetings the group has held; the number of annual progress reports the group has completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46340/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2015
664. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress in achieving each of the nine strategic aims set out in the National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability 2011-2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46339/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2015
657. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department considered including vacant sites owned by local authorities in the vacant site levy that will come into force as a result of the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015; and the reason for not including sites in local authority and State body ownership under the terms of the levy. [46293/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2015
651. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding allocated in April 2015 to County Westmeath over three years to buy, rent or lease properties for social purposes; the progress of these plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46225/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2015
650. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households on the local authority housing waiting list in County Westmeath, currently, six months ago and 12 months ago. [46224/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2015
649. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households on the local authority housing waiting list in County Longford currently, six months ago and 12 months ago. [46223/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2015
647. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding provided or the financial contribution for the older person's scheme and the number of such units provided, by local authority, in each of the past ten years. [46203/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2015
645. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding provided to local authorities in County Monaghan for housing construction, housing repairs and various housing grant schemes, for each of the years from 2007 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46190/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2015
644. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding provided to Cavan County Council and to Cavan Town Council for housing construction, housing repairs and various housing grant schemes for each of the years from 2007 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter [46189/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2015
639. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the budget his Department allocated to local authorities for the provision of social housing units to the voluntary housing sector for the provision of voluntary housing units; the number of social housing units constructed by the local authorities; the number of social housing units made available under Part V; the number of voluntary housing units completed for each year since 2000, each in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46175/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2015
636. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that some Teachtaí Dála and local authority councillors are directors of approved housing bodies in County Kildare and directly responsible for offering houses to persons; and if he believes that this is acceptable and transparent. [46131/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2015
634. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the cost of restoring mobility aids grant scheme expenditure to 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 levels, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46104/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2015
633. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the cost of restoring housing adaptation grant for persons with a disability expenditure to 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 levels, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46103/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2015
632. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the cost of restoring housing aid expenditure to 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 levels, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46102/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2015
631. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the cost of restoring housing adaptation grant expenditure to 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 levels, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46101/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2015
606. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the Private Residential Tenancies Board is to receive increased resources due to the greater role the board will play arising from the recent measures on housing introduced by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45838/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2015
250. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding provisions he is putting in place to assist farmers who have lost fodder or housing for stock due to the recent flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45994/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2015
187. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a housing development (details supplied) in County Limerick that is currently vested to the Minister for Finance via the offices of the Office of Public Works and the procedure involved to release these lands to Limerick City and County Council. [45842/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2015
124. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the number of housing units the National Asset Management Agency has approved and transferred for social housing, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45941/15]
United States · United States Congress · 17 December 2015
FEMA Help and Education for Local Partners Act (FEMA HELP Act) This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish and convene a multi-agency federal disaster assistance team to work and coordinate with state, local, tribal, and territorial leaders to develop a comprehensive approach to disaster recovery by using a full range of federal program funding resources through collaboration among FEMA, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Federal Highway Administration, the Small Business Administration, the Federal Transit Administration, the Department of Defense, the Army Corps of Engineers, and state, local, tribal, and territorial governments. FEMA shall: (1) ensure that each coordinating officer is trained in a range of applicable disaster recovery funding programs across the team members, and (2) establish and publish guidelines and criteria for making and communicating decisions regarding funding eligibility and requirements for disaster recovery personnel across the team members.
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 17 December 2015
Gewijzigde motie van het lid Krol (t.v.v. 34293, nr. 11) over de mogelijkheden van nieuwbouw op de plaats van het "hotel"
France · Senate · 16 December 2015
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2015
That this House congratulates the Helmsdale Affordable Housing Project on winning a highly respected SURF Award for Community Led Regeneration; commends the excellent work it has done in successfully creating four new family homes in Helmsdale, a rural village in Sutherland, which will help to address depopulation and decline; acknowledges that the purpose of the SURF Award is to reward best practice and innovation in community regeneration, as a means of sharing experience to enhance future policy and practice; and supports the Helmsdale and District Development Trust in all of its future projects.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is being done to increase the number of specially adapted homes in (1) North Lincolnshire, and (2) nationally, so that those with complex care needs can live independently for longer.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will exempt adults with disabilities whose partner is unable to share the same bedroom due to that disability from the under-occupancy penalty.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of housing benefit claims in respect of which a request for backdating was approved resulted in the payment of arrears for a period of (a) less than one month, (b) one month
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the amount his Department will save as a result of limiting the backdating of housing benefit to a maximum of one month in each of the next four years; and how that estimate
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 14 December 2015 to Question 18835, what alternative options will be available to single people claiming housing benefit who are under the age of 35 and are not able to afford
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect removing the family premium from new claims for housing benefit the ability of claimants affected to move outside their local authority area in order to take up
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the effect of limiting the backdating of housing benefit to a maximum of one month on (a) the ability of tenants to pay any rent arrears accrued after a delay in applyin
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the notional average weekly change in benefit which working families currently claiming housing benefit would face as a result of removing the family premium from the calculation
France · Senate · 15 December 2015
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy that affordable rent to buy housing is included as an option for developers in the Housing and Planning Bill's general duty on all planning authorities in or
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will ensure that affordable rent to buy housing is exempt from the Government's pay to stay proposals for higher income social tenants.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if his Department will make representations to the Israeli government about the proposed demolition of the Israeli Arab village of Umm-al-hiran.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2015 to Question 18555, whether he is consulting on what exemptions should apply to the cap on housing benefit for single under-35 claimants in social housing; and
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2015 to Question 18554, on housing benefit: social rented housing, what proportion of the estimated 80,000 claimants referred to in that answer are in receipt of (a
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015
585. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applicants on the housing waiting list for County Roscommon. [45130/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015
584. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applicants on the housing waiting list for County Leitrim. [45129/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015
583. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applicants on the housing waiting for list County Sligo. [45128/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015
582. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applicants on the housing waiting list for County Mayo. [45127/15]