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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, October 11, 2010

QUESTION NO. 3

QUESTION: Councillor S. Crowe

To ask the Manager has there been any more development of the successsful scheme operating in other Councils areas where senior citizens on sale of their own home can part pay and invest in their sheltered council accomodation and will he/she give a report and whether a timescale has been agreed for its implementation?

REPLY:

The Council's Scheme of Letting Priorities was approved by the Minister for Housing and Urban Renewal on 20th December 2006.  The Scheme proposed the introduction of a Financial Contribution Scheme where older persons who are owners of private dwellings and who find their existing dwelling too large for their needs, may apply for accommodation in designated Older Persons Dwellings subject to the payment of a financial contribution. 

Applicants under this scheme will not be prioritised ahead of Older Persons on the Housing or Transfer Lists, but will be included on the list from the date of approval.  Applicants must offer their existing dwelling to the Council for purchase in the first instance.  Due to the current economic situation it is not envisaged to progress this Scheme further at this point as the Council would not be in a position to purchase private dwellings nor could we in accordance with the Scheme of Letting Priorities prioritise those who sell their dwelling privately.