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51 records in 2021
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 22 December 2021
Het bericht dat Wijk bij Duurstede ruim twee keer zoveel woningen wil bouwen.
France · National Assembly · 21 December 2021
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 2021
Planning for Aging Veterans Act of 2021 This bill addresses the long-term care of veterans, including by implementing policies for the administration of state homes. First, the bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to develop a strategy for the long-term care of veterans. The VA must develop a standardized process for entering into sharing agreements between state homes and VA medical centers. A state home is a home established by a state for veterans who are disabled by age, disease, or otherwise and incapable of earning a living because of such disability. The term also includes a home that furnishes nursing home care for veterans. Under the bill, the VA must furnish prescribed drugs and medicines to veterans who are catastrophically disabled and for whom the VA is paying a per diem for nursing home or domiciliary care in a state home. Generally, veterans are catastrophically disabled if they have a permanent severely disabling injury, disorder, or disease that compromises the ability to carry out the activities of daily living. The VA must monitor any contractor it uses to conduct inspections of state homes, including by reviewing inspections, reporting deficiencies, and publishing inspection results and any planned corrective actions on a public VA website. The VA must implement a two-year pilot program to provide geriatric psychiatry assistance to eligible veterans at state homes. Finally, the VA must work with public housing authorities and local organizations to assist aging homeless veterans in accessing existing housing and supportive services.
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 20 December 2021
Stand van zaken maatregelen ter ondersteuning jongvolwassen wezen in huurwoningen
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 20 December 2021
De aanwijzing aan gemeenten over de huisvesting van asielzoekers
United States · United States Senate · 17 December 2021
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of the £300 million announced by the Government on 1 December 2021 will be ringfenced for new supported housing; and how many new homes the Government expects that fund
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to help ensure that affected homeowners are not charged unaffordable remedial costs for historic fire safety defects.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2021
453. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the proposals there are to improve the criteria for the free fuel allowance in which a family member may return to live with a parent who normally resides on their own and is in receipt of the free fuel allowance on a temporary basis due to housing or domestic difficulties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62874/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2021
350. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will engage with utility providers in relation to water and electricity connection and reconnection fees; if he will request a reduction in such fees for a stated window of time for first-time buyers subject to an occupancy clause of seven years as a measure to help incentivise the renovation of currently uninhabited or derelict properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62912/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2021
349. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the work his Department has carried out in relation to the short-term rental sector with particular focus on compliance and enforcement in relation to existing regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62911/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2021
348. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has given consideration to regulations to increase the extension dimensions permitted without planning permission on existing structures for first-time buyers as a measure to help incentivise the renovation of currently uninhabited or derelict properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62910/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2021
347. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authorities will consider constructing clusters of rural cottages in shared sites with communal ancillary services to keep local persons in their native rural locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62908/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2021
346. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the next round of the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF) will open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62880/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2021
345. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide the schedule for the drawdown of Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF) funding for both Tralee and Killarney, County Kerry; the specific elements of each application which will be prioritised for development using the allocated funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62878/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2021
344. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current status of the proposed new fire station in Dunleer, County Louth since €1.6 million was awarded for the design and site purchase; if he will provide details on the proposed site for the station as the local community are eager to learn the location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62870/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2021
343. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons on housing waiting lists who have a disability recorded on their application, for each local authority, between 1 January 2015 and 1 December 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62822/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2021
342. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the income eligibility limits for social housing will be increased in areas such as counties Cavan and Monaghan in which the existing limits are totally inadequate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62782/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2021
341. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress to date in introducing a 100% redress scheme for homeowners affected by mica; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62781/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2021
340. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has been briefed in respect of a national full-time fire service; and if he and his officials past or present have conducted a cost benefit analysis to establish the viability of such a national service. [62766/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2021
339. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will conduct a full review of the retained aspect of the retained members of the State’s provision of firefighters in the context of health and safety in view of the fact that some retainers are on a standby for up to 120 hours per week; and if he has considered the outcomes of the Matzak case in this context. [62765/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2021
338. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of reports his Department has that are pending publication; the titles of these reports; the expected publication dates of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62722/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2021
337. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of reports on residential vacancy that have been commissioned in the past three years; the titles of these reports; the level of vacancy that was reported by area, in tabular form; the recommendations that were made in these reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62718/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2021
336. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the recent sliding-scale redress for homeowners accessing the defective concrete block scheme is not 100% redress given the motion that passed in Dáil Éireann on 15 June 2021 was in favour of 100% redress. [62668/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2021
335. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the National Parks and Wildlife Service expects to provide a decision for works (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62660/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2021
334. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the stage at which the monuments and archaeological heritage Bill is in the legislative process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62658/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2021
333. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of cost rental units he has signed off; when these will be tenanted; the locations they will be delivered in; the size of the units; the number of bedrooms and type that will be delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62636/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2021
332. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when commercial rates are applied to empty commercial units that have never been tenanted; the average length of time it takes to put a rateable value on commercial units that have never been occupied; the measures that are being taken to ensure that rates are applied and charged to commercial units that have never been occupied to combat vacancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62635/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2021
331. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 436 of 8 September 2020, if the funding allocated to an organisation (details supplied) is Housing Assistance Payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62632/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2021
330. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated number of rental properties in the Carrigaline local electoral area that are within a rent pressure zone. [62626/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2021
329. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated number of renters within the Carrigaline local electoral area who are living in a rent pressure zone. [62625/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2021
328. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated number of rental properties in the Carrigaline local electoral area. [62624/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2021
327. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated number of persons within the Carrigaline local electoral area currently living in a rent pressure zone. [62623/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2021
326. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated number of renters in the Carrigaline local electoral area. [62622/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2021
325. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when his Department received the local decarbonisation action plan from Galway City Council; the reason it is not approved yet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62606/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2021
324. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason local authorities are allowed to purchase second-hand caravans and mobile homes under the caravan loan scheme and other schemes to provide this type of accommodation for Travellers; the reason it is not a condition of the scheme that only new caravans would be purchased under these schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62597/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2021
323. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason only 50% funding is given for new and replacement caravans and mobile homes under the caravan loan scheme and other schemes to provide this type of accommodation for Travellers, particularly given the low rate of grant and the difficulty raising funds for the balance is being used by local authorities for the non-supply of urgently needed caravans for Traveller households; if he will consider raising this to 100% in view of the underspend of funds made available for Traveller specific funds in the past 25 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62596/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2021
322. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the levies applied, collected and outstanding in respect of the vacant sites levy, by local authority in 2019; and the cumulative outstanding amount currently, by local authority, in tabular form. [62570/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2021
321. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies, in tabular form; the number of members of each board; the number of persons with a declared disability on each board; and the percentage of each board that is made up of persons with a declared disability. [62529/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2021
320. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authorities can apply for funding for mortgage-to-rent schemes they offer. [62516/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2021
319. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the dates on which he and or officials from his Department held consultations with an organisation (details supplied) related to developing the grant calculation methodology for his Department’s recently announced enhancements to the defective concrete block scheme disaggregated by type of consultation held, that is, email, phone, face-to-face and video conference and the topics discussed in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62511/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2021
318. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the vacant sites levy. [62510/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2021
317. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the zoned land levy. [62509/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2021
316. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to strengthen regulations on short-term letting. [62508/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2021
315. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of HAP tenancies enacted to date in 2021, by local authority; and the cost of HAP, by local authority, in tabular form. [62507/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2021
314. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the derelict sites legislation grants a provision for delay of placement on the register in a situation whereby a person intends to dispose of dereliction; and if there is a time limit on this delay. [62506/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2021
313. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there is an obligation on a property owner to pay outstanding derelict site levies upon the sale of a property. [62505/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2021
312. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a funding application was received under the Urban Regeneration Development Fund for Blackpool from Cork City Council in 2020; and if so, the reason this was rejected. [62504/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2021
311. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding his Department will deliver to local authorities to ensure that they can employ a full-time vacant homes officer from January 2021. [62503/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2021
310. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the fact that HAP inspections are being outsourced to private companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62502/21]