Agenda item

The following amendments to the report and the scheme were submitted by Councillors (see Appendix C).

1.   Proposed by Cllr A Gilliland and seconded by Cllr D Lacey:

The Addition of the following; “Where there is reference to HAP in the report/scheme the following should be inserted: ‘’where a family is breaking a HAP tenancy contract in order to accept an offer of social housing that DCC will negotiate with the landlord (1) to ensure that the family do not suffer financially for breaking the tenancy contract and (2) to allow the contract to be re-assigned to another suitable homeless family.’’

The Motion was put and carried.

2.   Proposed by Cllr A Gilliland and seconded by Cllr D Lacey:

The Addition of the following; ‘’That the team carrying out the impact assessment will include at least one independent (non DCC staff) member or be conducted by an independent expert.’’ 

The Motion was put and carried.

3.   Proposed by Cllr D Doolan and seconded by Cllrs O’Toole, C Carney Boud, G Kelly:

On page 2 of the report delete the words ‘’ but will no longer prioritise offers of social housing to homeless families ahead of other households who have prior dates of application. (Many are much longer on the waiting lists)’’.

TheAssistant Chief Executive suggested the addition of the following wording which was agreed; ‘’Qualified households will be included on the Band appropriate to their need.’’

The Motion was put and carried.

4.   Proposed by Cllr David Costello and seconded by Cllr T Brabazon:                                                                                   

Remove Paragraph 1 Section 10.1 of the Draft Scheme ’’ No succession of tenancy will apply where the accommodation is designated for Older Persons or designed/adapted for the use of someone with a disability who no longer resides in the property’’.

The Assistant Chief Executive suggested the following alternative wording which was agreed: “’If an applicant for succession to a property designed or adapted for the  use of someone with a disability, who longer resides in the property, the applicant will be offered alternative accommodation suitable to their needs to allow for best use of housing stock’’

The Motion was put and carried.

5.   Proposed by Councillor David Costelloand seconded by Cllr T Brabazon:

 Add the following text to 2.5.1 in the Draft Scheme.

‘’It is the long term objective of Dublin City to provide sufficient accommodation to allow Children have access to both parents’’.

The Motion was put and carried.

6.   Proposed by Councillor Anthony Connaghan and seconded by Cllrs C Carney Boud, Criona Ni Dhalaigh, Eilis Ryan, Seamas McGrattan:

In the Section on shared access in the Draft Scheme add in:

‘’Discretion will be given in exceptional circumstances on a case by case basis by the Allocations Officer.”

On the recommendation of the Assistant Chief Executive it was agreed to include the amendment in the report on the scheme but not in the Allocations Scheme itself.

7.   Proposed by Councillor Daithi Doolan and seconded by Cllrs O’Toole, C Carney Boud, G Kelly, A Connaghan:

In Section 2.11 of the Draft Scheme new wording as follows: ‘’Available properties will be targeted to the Bands in differing proportions through the target allocations policy resulting in faster or slower housing through the Band. This policy will be determined by the City Council and it will establish an Independent review process, which will report to every second Housing SPC meeting concerning the impact this scheme of lettings has on Homelessness

The Motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor D Costello and seconded by Councillor R McGinley “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 132/2018 and hereby approves the Scheme of Letting Priorities as amended”. The motion as amended was put and carried.