Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of applicants on local authority housing waiting lists currently awaiting rehousing; the number refused as allegedly having an income in excess of the guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7387/24]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Details on the number of households qualified for social housing support in each local authority administrative area is provided in the annual statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments (SSHA). The most recently published summary for all local authority areas was conducted in November 2022 and is available on my Department’s website at www.gov.ie/en/collection/62486-summary-of-social-housing-assessments/

The SSHA 2023 is currently underway and I expect to publish the summary report before the end of Q1 2024.

The Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011, as amended, prescribe maximum net income limits for eligibility for social housing supports in each local authority, in different bands according to the area, with income being defined and assessed according to a standard Household Means Policy. My Department does not collect data on the number of applicants who exceed the social housing income limits following assessment by the relevant local authority.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications for local authority housing loans throughout the country where such applications were unsuccessful due to having an income less than the statutory requirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7388/24]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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While there are maximum income limits under the Local Authority Home Loan Scheme, where single applicants must not be earning greater than €70,000 annual gross income in the previous tax year while joint applicants must not be earning greater than €85,000 annual combined gross income in the previous tax year, there are no minimum statutory income limits for the scheme. Therefore, no such figures are available.