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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, January 13, 2020

QUESTION NO. 9

QUESTION: Councillor K. Mahon

To ask the Chief Executive when and how local authority tenants and RAS tenants will be officially informed of rent increase and the removal of the over 65's allowance that was implemented through the 2020 budgetary process by councillors from The Green Party, Fianna Fail, Fine Gael?

REPLY:

Following the adoption of the 2020 Budget by the Elected Members, preparations are being made to our rents system to implement the revised rents for all Council, RAS and HAP tenants.  It is intended that notification will issue later this month to all tenants.

Due to system requirements and a review of eligible accounts, the removal of the temporary rental subsidy of €10 per week from certain rent accounts will be implemented in April 2020  together with a rent assessment form requesting details for each household member and proof of income where relevant following the introduction of the new integrated housing system.  Our housing rents team will apply certain criteria such as number of persons in a household and assessment of income types to remove and exclude poverty vulnerable persons from the removal of the subsidy where necessary.