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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, November 11, 2019

MOTION NO. 2

MOTION: Councillor K. Mahon

This Council commits to maintain the current Rent Differential Rate for Local Authority tenants at 10% and the continuation of the €10 per household discount for Local Authority tenants aged over 65, for the term of this Council.

REPORT:

The €10 discount per household that applies in respect of the rent assessment for a Council rented dwelling where one or more occupants is aged 65 or older was a temporary support measure that the Housing SPC of the previous Council were advised would be amended in the next differential rent scheme review.

Notwithstanding the deliberations of the Elected Members during the 2020 Revenue Budget process and the final budget to be adopted by the Elected Members and noting that the making of a differential rents scheme is an executive function, it is the view of Housing that the differential rents scheme should include provision specifically for households solely comprising of persons aged 65 and over, and whose only source of income is from social welfare/old age pension to continue to receive the €10 rent discount.