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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Emer Higgins: I thank all of the witnesses for their presentations and for engaging with the committee. I also thank them and their teams for everything they do daily to help us in the housing emergency. I have questions and comments which I have framed around a few themes, including stock and the funding propositions the witnesses have spoken about. I also have a few general process questions which may...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Emer Higgins: I ask that all of the witnesses comment on accessibility, percentages and current vacancy levels. I also ask that any of the witnesses whose organisations have CALF units to comment on those.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Emer Higgins: SLI workers are currently assigned for six months. Is that long enough? Does Ms Randall feel that it would create longer tenancies and get people more settled and in situ for longer if it was longer on a case-by-case basis?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Emer Higgins: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Emer Higgins: What is the position with regard to vacant stock and differential rent?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Emer Higgins: What about vacant stock?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Emer Higgins: Perhaps Ms Randall could circulate them afterwards?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Emer Higgins: What is the benchmark trending at?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Emer Higgins: I am sure someone must have it if it is a KPI
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Emer Higgins: Does anyone have that figure?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Emer Higgins: Can I have a response on differential rent?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Emer Higgins: We have cases of people in hospitals who were living in HAP properties and who want to move somewhere else because they are now, for example, in a wheelchair. They are waiting in hospital, potentially regressing, because they are not getting the rehab because they are not being offered anywhere to live. Is there a shortage of specifically adapted homes or is it just that they are on a list?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Emer Higgins: When we talk about them all being Part M, they are not necessarily fully accessible because they would not meet the spec.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Emer Higgins: I will not bring in any new topics because I had listed 20 questions that we did not get through. We spoke about vacancy rates and voids and I want to figure out if there are any impediments or barriers that we as a committee could help remove to help to get those figures down even lower? I had heard on the grapevine that Garda checks are an issue sometimes and that they hold things up so...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Emer Higgins: Would others like to comment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Emer Higgins: I can imagine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Emer Higgins: I thank Ms Cleary. That makes sense.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Emer Higgins: Is Mr. O’Gorman referring to things like choice-based letting, CBL?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Emer Higgins: I agree. People, regardless of whether they pass the Garda check, are still going to be housed. This is a differentiating factor between approved housing bodies, AHBs, and local authorities. Do the witnesses have any comments on what Mr. Hannigan suggested about the UK valuation process?