Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 562: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the rules and regulations governing a housing association (details supplied) are the same as the local authority housing rules and regulations. [25345/08]

Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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Under my Department's Capital Funding Schemes for voluntary and co-operative housing, funding of up to 100% of the approved cost is available for the provision of permanent accommodation for low-income families and persons with special housing needs where all proposed tenants have been assessed by the housing authority as being in need of social housing.

Approved housing bodies providing accommodation for persons with special housing needs, such as the elderly, homeless or persons with disabilities, may retain nominating rights for up to 25% of tenancies; in such cases, the terms of the Capital Assistance Scheme provide that funding is subject to a limit of 95% of the approved cost.

The administration of the capital funding schemes, including the nomination of tenants from the authority's housing list, is the responsibility of the relevant housing authority.

Approved housing bodies are required to draw up terms and conditions, to the satisfaction of the Housing Authority, for the management and maintenance of the dwellings provided under the capital funding schemes, including tenancy agreements and lettings and rent policies for tenants.