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- Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)
Victor Boyhan: I agree with both speakers but what Senator Higgins has raised is important. To be fair, this happens anyway with proper planning and sustainable development.Our planners are exceptional across the entire planning sector in all of our 31 local authorities. They are keenly aware of these issues, as are the elected members. Do not underestimate our local authority members. They are on the...
- Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)
Victor Boyhan: We really need to define open market dwelling. I share Senator Cummins's sentiments about housing but we must also have value for money and we cannot keep talking about targets. On the news last night, a reference was made to Rebuilding Ireland, a term we do not hear very much in this House. One of the parties has been in government for ten years. At one point, Rebuilding Ireland was in...
- Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)
Victor Boyhan: I second it.
- Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)
Victor Boyhan: Although I am speaking to amendments Nos. 8 and 9, I will concentrate on the latter, having heard what Senator Higgins said. The Minister might say that of course I would say so, given that I am proposing it, but it is one of the most important amendments to the Bill.It is not something I dreamed up. It came out of a lot of discussion and engagement with a lot of housing advocacy groups,...
- Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)
Victor Boyhan: I am trying to impress upon him because it is he who will respond to me on this. I want him to afford me the same respect I afford him.
- Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)
Victor Boyhan: The amendment proposes a 35% cap on what can be charged for affordable housing with regard to an applicant's net income. If people are paying over this amount each month to have a roof over their heads it is simply not affordable. I refer to the Minister's reference to the affordable bands and the suggestion of €450,000 for Dublin. This is not affordable housing and it is important...
- Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)
Victor Boyhan: I move amendment No. 9: In page 12, between lines 31 and 32, to insert the following: “(9) Regulations under subsection (7) will have regard to: (a) ensuring that the proportion of the applicant’s net income represented by housing costs not exceed 35 per cent of the total, and; (b) ensuring that the applicant’s income falls within the bottom 40 per cent of...
- Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)
Victor Boyhan: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)
Victor Boyhan: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)
Victor Boyhan: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)
Victor Boyhan: Seconded.
- Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)
Victor Boyhan: Seconded.
- Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)
Victor Boyhan: Seconded.
- Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)
Victor Boyhan: I move amendment No. 19: In page 35, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following: “(4) Without prejudice to subsection (5), no rent shall be defined as “cost rental rent” whereby the total amount of such rent would exceed 35 per cent of the applicant’s net income as determined by a housing authority.”.
- Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)
Victor Boyhan: I wish to make three points. I am conscious of the order of the House today, so I will be brief because many other Senators have tabled amendments. Amendment No. 19 has been tabled in the same spirit as my previous amendment, which was amendment No. 9, in that it ensures that the cost to the person availing of housing is affordable. Affordability is a key issue, which Senators Moynihan and...
- Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)
Victor Boyhan: I will not delay as I am conscious that there are many other Members who wish to contribute.
- Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)
Victor Boyhan: Okay, but there are other amendments to be dealt with, and they are clearly set out in front of us. I thank the Minister of State. I differ from him but I respect him. He is part of the Government and, regardless of what we say on this side of the House, the Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Green Party Government has a massive majority and can do what it wishes in terms of policy. That is...
- Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)
Victor Boyhan: Yes.
- Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)
Victor Boyhan: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)
Victor Boyhan: I second the amendment.