COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
Monday, January 14, 2013
MOTION NO 2.
MOTION: Councillor M. Devine
That this Council welcomes the Government's stated intention to put in place a probationary period for new Tenants
REPORT:
The Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government have not signalled their specific intention of making provision for such tenancies at this time. However it is possible that they may be included in new allocation regulations which are anticipated to be published later this year.
National housing policy is set out in the housing policy statement that was launched in June 2011. This document outlines a vision for the future of the housing sector in Ireland “based on choice, fairness, equity across tenures and on delivering quality outcomes for the resources invested”.
The overall strategic objective will be to enable all households access good quality housing appropriate to household circumstances and in their particular community of choice.
A summary of measures outlined in the document are:
- more equitable treatment of housing tenure
- maximising the delivery of social housing supports within the resources available
- transfer of responsibility for long term recipients of rent supplement to local authorities
- new mechanisms for the delivery of permanent social housing
- the standing down of all affordable housing schemes
- formal review of Part V
- publication of Housing Strategy for People with Disabilities
- delivery of housing supports for households with special needs
- creating an enabling regulatory framework to support the increasingly prominent role of the voluntary and cooperative sector in housing delivery and
- the implementation of measures to tackle anti-social behaviour across all housing tenures
The link to the Housing Policy Statement is as follows:
http://www.environ.ie/en/DevelopmentHousing/Housing/HousingPolicy/