Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 40: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the direction or guidelines that have been issued to local authorities regarding social housing applicants who refuse to take an offer of accommodation under the Social Housing Leasing Initiative; if social housing applicants will be penalised by being disqualified from the local authority housing lists for refusing to participate in the SHLI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15942/10]

Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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The allocation of a dwelling under the Social Housing Leasing Initiative should be carried out in accordance with a local authority's scheme of letting priorities. The general guidance issued by my Department is that, unless exceptional circumstances obtain, the allocation of a leased property should be treated in the same manner as the allocation of any other social housing unit by that authority. Once allocated a leased property the tenant can, in due course, apply for a transfer to another social housing unit in the normal manner.