Dominic Hannigan (Labour)

I move amendment No. 70:

In page 34, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following subsection:

"(6) Where exceptional circumstances arise such that arrangements under subsection (5) cannot be put in place without causing undue hardship, a housing authority may cancel the obligation of a household to pay part or all of the moneys referred to in subsection (5).".

The principle here is to ensure that if a household is in hardship and cannot enter into an arrangement to repay moneys owed to the housing authority, that the authority would have the power to waive any arrears on a permanent rather than temporary basis.