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51 records in 2017
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 22 December 2017
Reactie op de motie van de leden Omtzigt en Ronnes over een hypotheek met lagere maandlasten (Kamerstuk 34785-48)
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 December 2017
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of his Department's proposed new funding model for short-term supported housing services on the number of women and children who are tu
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on housing supply of the previous housing targets for local authorities established in the Regional Spatial Strategies.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the quantum of under-supply in housing caused by local authorities pursuing housing supply targets from (a) the Regional Spatial Strategies and (b) other ho
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of housing costs in Greater Manchester on the ability of employers to recruit staff; and if he will make a statement.
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 21 December 2017
Motie van het lid Sazias over het tekort aan woningen met ambulante begeleiding voor mensen die doorstromen vanuit een GGZ-instelling
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2017
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of long-term rental units in London that have changed to become short term or holiday lets in the last five years; and how they plan to encourage private landlords to provide more housin
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that accommodation for asylum seekers under contract with Compass is safe and quality checked.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to reduce the amount of time housing association tenants with disabilities or long-term illness spend in care home accommodation while their house is adapted to me
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of housing association tenants with disabilities or long term illness living in care home residencies while their house is adapted to meet their ne
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure housing associations in Garston and Halewood constituency have sufficient funding to adapt homes to meet the needs of tenants with disabilities or long-t
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the level of funding available for housing associations to ensure homes are adapted to meet the needs of tenants with disabilities or long-term illne
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost of housing tenants with disabilities or long-term illness in care homes while their home is adapted to meet their needs.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many residential properties were owned by private landlords in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013, (e) 2014, (f) 2015, (g) 2016 and (h) 2017 to date.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of trends in construction of affordable homes within Greater Manchester since 2010.
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 2017
Puppy Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the Animal Welfare Act to require the Department of Agriculture to expand standards that govern the humane handling, care, treatment, and transportation of animals to include new requirements for commercial dog dealers. Specifically, the standards must require dog dealers to provide to dogs: (1) adequate housing, exercise, and veterinary care; (2) appropriate and nutritious food; (3) continuous access to potable water; and (4) meaningful socialization with humans and compatible dogs for at least 30 minutes each day. The standards must also include requirements for breeders to use safe breeding practices and make all reasonable efforts to find humane placement for retired breeding dogs.
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 2017
Tax Extender Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend various expiring tax deductions, credits, and rules. The bill extends tax credits relating to: Indian employment, railroad track maintenance, mine rescue team training, qualified zone academy bonds, American Samoa economic development, nonbusiness energy property, new fuel cell motor vehicles, two-wheeled plug-in electric vehicles, alternative fuel vehicle refueling property, second generation biofuel producers, biodiesel and renewable diesel, Indian coal facilities, facilities producing energy from renewable resources, energy efficient new homes, and alternative fuels. The bill extends and modifies the tax credits for: residential energy property, investments in energy property, production from advanced nuclear power facilities, and carbon dioxide sequestration. The bill also extends provisions relating to: the tax exclusion for the discharge of principal residence indebtedness; the treatment of mortgage insurance premiums as qualified residence interest; deductions for tuition and related expenses, income attributable to domestic production activities in Puerto Rico, and energy efficient commercial buildings; depreciating or expensing various types of property; timber gains; empowerment zones; the cover over of rum excise taxes to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands; sales or dispositions to implement electric restructuring policies for electric utilities; and the oil spill liability trust fund.
France · Senate · 19 December 2017
Faire revenir les investisseurs institutionnels sur le marché locatif résidentiel : quelles perspectives ?
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to ensure that future asylum accommodation contracts work to ensure the long-term sustainability of the dispersal system through co-operative working with local authorities and c
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 2017
Ensuring Access to Quality Sober Living Act of 2017 This bill requires the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to publish best practices for operating recovery housing, to distribute such publication to the states, and to provide technical assistance to states seeking to adopt such practices. "Recovery housing" means a shared living environment free from alcohol and illegal drug use and centered on peer support and connection to services to promote recovery from substance use disorders.
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 19 December 2017
Gewijzigde motie van het lid Koerhuis over de verkoop van dure sociale huurwoningen (t.v.v. 34775-XVIII, nr. 9)
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 19 December 2017
E-mailprocedure lid Van Eijs met verzoek om uitstel AO Staat van de Volkshuisvesting en Staat van de Woningmarkt 2017
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2017 to Question 111137, on local housing allowance, if he will make such an assessment.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2017
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many schemes have received funding through the Homes Building Fund to date.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that new buildings are constructed to such a standard that they will not require energy-efficiency upgrades before 2050.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July to Question 3273 when he expects to announce the extension of right to buy discounts to housing association tenants across England.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel lived in private rented accommodation in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013, (e) 2014, (f) 2015, (g) 2016 and (h) 2017.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to increase the roll-out of energy efficiency measures for non-fuel poor households.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how information on a tenant's rent arrears against housing payments are provided to social landlords within the transaction information entered in the universal credit landlords' portal.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2017
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many new homes have been built in Ebbsfleet since the creation of the Ebbsfleet Development Corporation.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average waiting time was for complaints to the Independent Housing Ombudsman to be investigated.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
745. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the length of time it has taken for HAP applications to be processed and approved from date of application to date of processing and payment by number, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54301/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
744. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the level of expenditure by his Department or organisations under the aegis of his Department from 1 January 2017 to date in 2017 on photography, advertising, communications advice, public relations, website development, media interview training and preparation; the events, campaigns or policies to which this expenditure related; the company or person to which such payments were made, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54295/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
743. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the level of expenditure by his Department from 1 January 2017 to date in 2017 on advertising of Government information campaigns published specifically in national and regional newspapers in addition to all online advertising for all such Government information campaigns; the name for each such information campaign to which this expenditure related; the cost of each, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54279/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
742. Deputy Shane Cassells asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011; the costs per report; the company involved; the title of the report; and the publication date, in tabular form. [54263/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
741. Deputy Shane Cassells asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department in each year since March 2011; the list of uses of the external public relations firm; the internal Department policy with regard to employing external groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54247/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
740. Deputy Shane Cassells asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the photography costs for his Department in each year since March 2011 inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance; the list of occasions for which photographers were booked; the photographers used; the costs associated with each occasion that a photographer was used, in tabular form; if there is a policy regarding the booking of photographers within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54231/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
739. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if further consideration has been given to the introduction of an affordable housing scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54186/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
738. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a study by a group (details supplied) which found over 90% of properties available for rent were beyond the affordability of persons on HAP; the steps he is taking to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54185/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
737. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of NAMA units offered to local authorities; the number accepted; and the number transferred in each of the years 2011 to 2017, by county, in tabular form. [54149/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
736. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the senior counsel investigation into certain planning matters in County Donegal; the timeframe involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54140/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
735. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the cost of the use of hotels and guest houses for emergency accommodation in each of the years 2009 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53901/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
734. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of families and children housed in emergency accommodation in rooms at hotels, guest houses and hostels in each of the years 2009 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53900/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
733. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the legislation, statutory instruments or departmental guidelines that permitted the use of rooms in hotels, guest houses and hostels for emergency accommodation for families and children in the period since 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53899/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
732. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of approved housing bodies here; the number that have undertaken a mortgage-to-rent scheme; the number of mortgage-to-rent transactions undertaken by each approved housing body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53770/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
731. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of mortgage-to-rent applications each month in 2017 up to when the scheme was revised; the number of applications each month since the scheme was revised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53769/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
730. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of mortgage-to-rent transactions that have been fully completed to date by lender, local authority and approved housing body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53768/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
729. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if specific funding will be allocated to a local authority to carry out necessary improvement works in a housing estate (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53622/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
728. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount of funding given to fire services in each county in each of the years 2012 to 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53712/17]