Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 10 October 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No.2) Bill 2024: Discussion
1:30 pm
Mr. Brian O'Gorman:
There is always that possibility. Even in social rental, there is always a possibility of hidden members of a household, of subletting and so on. We try to manage and oversee that. From our perspective, and I will defer to colleagues here, we would prefer as wide and broad an application process as possible. There are genuine concerns but not at this point. When we advertise properties, as Deputy Gould said, there is huge demand, but in the future – we are talking over a 40- or 50-year time span – demand might be significantly reduced. When all the housing plans come to fruition and we have ended the housing crisis, we will not want to have a small pool of potential applicants. Unlike social, this is dependent on getting people into the accommodation and paying rent.
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