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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE

Monday, April 27, 2015

QUESTION NO.29

QUESTION: Councillor M. Duff

"To ask the Chief Executive if he can please advise, following an enquiry from St Marks Residents Association, if he has knowledge of any vetting process in place for people in receipt of Rent Allowance, in respect of possible anti social behaviour and if so, who is responsible for enforcing such vetting?"

REPLY:

The purpose of Rent Supplement is to provide short term income support to assist with reasonable accommodation costs of eligible people living in private rented accommodation who are unable to provide for their accommodation costs from their own resources and who do not have accommodation available to them from another source. This scheme is administered by the Department of Social Protection and it is no longer required for those eligible for rent supplement to have completed a housing needs assessment and as such, would not be subject to garda vetting, as required for those being considered for Council/AHB social housing options. 

Anyone in a dispute with a landlord/tenant or are a third party with a problem neighbour, you can apply to the PRTB for dispute resolution.