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- Social and Affordable Housing. (5 Apr 2007)
Noel Ahern: One can play around with figures and say that a certain number of people need State assistance. That assistance is being provided.
- Social and Affordable Housing. (5 Apr 2007)
Noel Ahern: Yes. Approximately half of them have a long-term housing need.
- Social and Affordable Housing. (5 Apr 2007)
Noel Ahern: Some have a short-term housing need.
- Social and Affordable Housing. (5 Apr 2007)
Noel Ahern: One could add figures together and make 80,000 or 90,000. However, those people's needs are being met in many ways.
- Social and Affordable Housing. (5 Apr 2007)
Noel Ahern: Rent allowance is a way of meeting their needs. The Government has spent â¬400 million on rent allowance. Some people may have a temporary housing need and many have a long-term wish for a local authority house. By adding various figures together one can arrive at a high number. Nevertheless, the figure cited in the official triennial needs assessment is 43,684. Approximately 43% of...
- Social and Affordable Housing. (5 Apr 2007)
Noel Ahern: Some commentators may multiply the number of households by as much as eight and come up with an enormous number of individuals in need of housing. The number of single people in need of housing has increased in the past ten years. Knowing that fact helps in planning appropriate housing provision. Three bedroom semi-detached houses may not be appropriate for everyone.
- Social and Affordable Housing. (5 Apr 2007)
Noel Ahern: Need is one thing and want another.
- Social and Affordable Housing. (5 Apr 2007)
Noel Ahern: Many of those people are having their needs met.
- Social and Affordable Housing. (5 Apr 2007)
Noel Ahern: Their needs are being met. Many are in the finest rented accommodation recently built.
- Social and Affordable Housing. (5 Apr 2007)
Noel Ahern: That might be. It is the role of the State to subsidiseââ
- Social and Affordable Housing. (5 Apr 2007)
Noel Ahern: ââand help people to find housing they cannot provide from their own resources.
- Social and Affordable Housing. (5 Apr 2007)
Noel Ahern: This year alone, we are to spend â¬1.5 billion to provide social housing. We expect approximately 6,600 local authority starts and up to 2,000 starts in the voluntary sector. Resources have increased in each of the last few years and by 9% this year. The undertaking in Towards 2016 is that over the next three years, 27,000 new social housing units will be started. A great deal of work is...
- Social and Affordable Housing. (5 Apr 2007)
Noel Ahern: The most recent assessment of social housing needs was undertaken by local authorities in March 2005. The results of the assessment indicated that 1,492 households were in need of housing in the three County Louth local authority areas. More comprehensive data from the 2005 assessment was published in the 2005 annual bulletin of housing statistics, a copy of which can be made available or...
- Social and Affordable Housing. (5 Apr 2007)
Noel Ahern: We have a plan as demonstrated by the new policy we announced some time ago. There are also individual action plans and strategies in the local authorities, for which the Department provides resources. The experts are the people on the ground at local authority level. It is good to hear the Deputy's comments on the county manager. Where officials and councillors really wish to drive these...
- Housing Management Companies. (5 Apr 2007)
Noel Ahern: Apartment living will constitute a key part in the future of housing in Ireland from a number of perspectives, including spatial policy, efficient land use, sustainability, housing choice and affordability. Successful apartment developments, providing good quality of life, depend on a range of factors, including the standard and quality of the units themselves, the quality of the general...
- Housing Management Companies. (5 Apr 2007)
Noel Ahern: The members ought to decide the charges and call all the shots. I realise that sometimes when developers hold on to some units they have golden shares or nominee rights. The issue is to try to end them so that the people in apartment and other multi-unit complexes are in control of their co-operative or whatever one likes to call it.
- Housing Management Companies. (5 Apr 2007)
Noel Ahern: Up to recently, property management received relatively little notice in residential housing, but that has changed radically. Much of the focus has been on negatives, including management fees, poor maintenance, complaints, management companies being dissolved and so on, and this has given rise to considerable misunderstanding and even misinformation. I am glad to say that the information...
- Housing Management Companies. (5 Apr 2007)
Noel Ahern: Yes, I accept that. They function solely in their own developments. We need clarity about when the management company starts, that is, whether it should start when all the units are privately owned or otherwise. That limbo area is causing difficulty and needs to be resolved. I believe the different processes I mentioned with deal with the issue. The measures being taken by the different...
- Written Answers — Housing Management Companies: Housing Management Companies (5 Apr 2007)
Noel Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 13, 50, 562 and 576 together. In relation to its responsibilities, my Department has advised planning authorities that they should not attach planning conditions requiring management companies for "traditional" housing estates, except in very exceptional circumstances. My Department understand that this advice is now accepted by all planning authorities. A...
- Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (5 Apr 2007)
Noel Ahern: The Government's new housing policy statement Delivering Homes, Sustaining Communities, and the National Development Plan 2007-2013 (NDP) reflect the strong commitment to expand social and affordable housing provision contained in the social partnership agreement Towards 2016. The NDP provides the resources â some â¬18 billion in total, which will enable increased output from social and...