S.I. No. 474/2015 - Housing Assistance Payment (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2015.
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | |||||||||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 3rd November, 2015. | |||||||||
I, ALAN KELLY, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 4 and 43 of the Housing (Miscellaneous) Provisions Act 2014 (No. 21 of 2014), and with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, hereby make the following regulations: | |||||||||
Citation | |||||||||
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Assistance Payment (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2015. | |||||||||
Commencement | |||||||||
2. (1) Regulation 4(1) comes into operation on 2 November 2015. | |||||||||
(2) Regulation 4(2) comes into operation on 16 November 2015. | |||||||||
Definition | |||||||||
3. In these Regulations “Principal Regulations” means the Housing Assistance Payment Regulations 2014 ( S. I. No. 407 of 2014 ). | |||||||||
Maximum rent limits | |||||||||
4. (1) Regulation 10 (as amended by the Housing Assistance Payment (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2015 ( S.I. No. 304 of 2015 )) of the Principal Regulations is amended by— | |||||||||
(a) substituting the following for the Table to that Regulation: | |||||||||
“TABLE | |||||||||
MAXIMUM MONTHLY RENT LIMITS | |||||||||
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(b) substituting the following for paragraph (2): | |||||||||
“(2)(a) In the case of a qualified household that consists of a person or persons regarded by a housing authority as being homeless, within the meaning of section 2 of the Housing Act 1988 (No. 28 of 1988), the monthly amount set out for the appropriate household class in the Table to this Regulation may be increased by a sum that does not exceed— | |||||||||
(i)50 per cent of the amount concerned, where this is necessary to source a suitable dwelling for the household concerned in the administrative area of Dublin City Council, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council or Fingal County Council, and | |||||||||
(ii)25 per cent of the amount concerned, where this is necessary to source a suitable dwelling for the household concerned in the administrative area of South Dublin County Council. | |||||||||
(b) The amount of housing assistance payable under subparagraph (a) in a particular case shall be reviewed every 6 months by the housing authority concerned.”, | |||||||||
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(c) inserting the following after paragraph (2): | |||||||||
“(3)(a) The monthly amount set out for the appropriate household class in the Table to this Regulation may be increased by a sum that does not exceed 20 per cent of the amount concerned, where this is necessary to source a suitable dwelling for a qualified household in the administrative area of a housing authority referred to in subparagraph (b). | |||||||||
(b) The housing authorities for the purposes of subparagraph (a) are- | |||||||||
(i) Cork City Council, | |||||||||
(ii) Cork County Council, | |||||||||
(iii) Kildare County Council, and | |||||||||
(iv) Meath County Council.”. | |||||||||
4. (2) Regulation 10 (as amended by Regulation 4(1)(a) of these Regulations) of the Principal Regulations is amended by— | |||||||||
(a) substituting the following for the Table to that Regulation: | |||||||||
“TABLE | |||||||||
MAXIMUM MONTHLY RENT LIMITS | |||||||||
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”, | |||||||||
and | |||||||||
(b) substituting the following for paragraph (3)(b): | |||||||||
“(b) The housing authorities for the purposes of subparagraph (a) are- | |||||||||
(i) Cork City Council, | |||||||||
(ii) Cork County Council, | |||||||||
(iii) Galway County Council, | |||||||||
(iv) Kildare County Council, and | |||||||||
(v) Meath County Council.”. | |||||||||
The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform consents to the making of the foregoing Regulations. | |||||||||
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GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, | |||||||||
23 October 2015. | |||||||||
BRENDAN HOWLIN, | |||||||||
Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. | |||||||||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | |||||||||
28 October 2015. | |||||||||
ALAN KELLY, | |||||||||
Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government. | |||||||||
EXPLANATORY NOTE | |||||||||
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation) | |||||||||
These Regulations amend the Housing Assistance Payment Regulations 2014 ( S.I. No. 407 of 2014 ) to prescribe the maximum rent limits that will apply for the purposes of the Housing Assistance Payment scheme in the administrative areas of Kildare and Meath County Councils (from 2 November 2015) and Galway, Mayo and Sligo County Councils (from 16 November 2015). | |||||||||
The Regulations also provide that, subject to review at 6-monthly intervals, the maximum rent limits set out in the Table may be exceeded by not more than— | |||||||||
• 50% in the administrative area of Dublin City Council, Dun-Laoghaire Rathdown County Council or Fingal County Council, where this is necessary to source suitable accommodation for a homeless household that is qualified for social housing support, and | |||||||||
• 25% in the administrative area of South Dublin County Council, where this is necessary to source suitable accommodation for a homeless household that is qualified for social housing support. | |||||||||
The Regulations also provide that the maximum rent limits set out in the Table may be exceeded by not more than 20% in the administrative area of Cork City Council, Cork County Council, Galway County Council, Kildare County Council or Meath County Council, where this is necessary to source suitable accommodation for a household that is qualified for social housing support. | |||||||||
