Housing
4316 requests
- Received 18 July 2016Decided 15 August 2016Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Correspondence between Minister Coveney and both local and international funds or developers regarding housing solutions from the date he came to office to 18/07/2016.
- Received 15 July 2016Decided 12 August 2016GrantedMeath County Council
Figures on the number of anti-social behaviour complaints against tenants in Council housing for the year 2010 and also 2015 and also, for each year, figures for the number of evictions arising following anti-social behaviour complaints?
- Received 25 August 2015Decided 11 August 2016GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Records or minutes of meetings relating to the Oversight Group, chaired by Ministers Alan Kelly and Paudie Coffey, relating to the delivery of the social housing strategy, from 01/01/2015 to 25/08/2015; records relating to the National Coordination Committee on Unfinished Housing Developments; records of meetings relating to the professionalisation of the private rental sector.
- Received 14 July 2016Decided 10 August 2016RefusedMeath County Council
The amount of money spent on hotels/private accommodation, including B&B’s, for homeless services, detailing the amount of money paid to each hotel/accommodation in 2014, 2015 and 2016 (up until receipt of this letter). For clarity, we want the name of each hotel and the amount of money they received for homelessness. This should detail the number of bed nights each hotel received
- Received 14 July 2016Decided 9 August 2016GrantedSouth Dublin County Council
Total amount of unpaid Council rents(and the number of households involved) in 2016,2015,2014 and 2013,total number of people evicted for not paying Council rent in 2016,2015,2014 and 2013 and the number of people who have not paid their rent for more than a year in 2016,2015,2014 and 2013.
- Received 15 July 2016Decided 3 August 2016GrantedDonegal County Council
Money spent on Hotels/privateaccom(incl B&Bs) for homeless services detailing amt paid to each hotel 2014,15 & 16
- Received 14 July 2016Decided 29 July 2016GrantedMonaghan County Council
amount spent on accom. for homeless persons 2014 - 2016
- Received 14 July 2016Decided 29 July 2016GrantedMonaghan County Council
Unpaid Council rents/evictions /rent not paid for more than a year for 2013 - 2016
- Received —Decided 28 July 2016Part-GrantedThe Housing Agency (Housing & Sustainable Communities Agency)
information in the possession of the Housing Agency in relation to the offer from the Agency to Local Authorities of NAMA properties suitable for use as social housing
- Received 12 July 2016Decided 26 July 2016GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Copy of "Housing Division: resource requirements and organisational arrangements" report.
- Received 14 July 2016Decided 20 July 2016RefusedSouth Dublin County Council
Amount spent on hotels/private accommodation,including B&Bs,for homeless services in 2014,2015 and to date in 2016.
- Received 15 July 2016Decided 19 July 2016GrantedGalway County Council
Report from Mediator in relation to a housing matter
- Received 14 July 2016Decided 19 July 2016GrantedMeath County Council
The total amount of unpaid council rents (and the number of households involved) in 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013. The total number of people who have been evicted for not paying Council rent in 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013. The number of people who have not paid their rent for more than a year in 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013
- Received 18 May 2016Decided 14 July 2016GrantedSouth Dublin County Council
Number of offers of social housing turned down by possible tenants since January 1st 2015 and,in each case,the type of property that was offered,its location and the reason the offer was rejected.
- Received 18 May 2016Decided 14 July 2016GrantedSouth Dublin County Council
Number of people who turned down social housing in 2014 and 2015 and the top 10 reasons given for why houses were turned down.
- Received —Decided 14 July 2016Cavan County Council
Homeless
- Received 28 June 2016Decided 12 July 2016GrantedCork County Council
All information relating to personal Housing file
- Received —Decided 8 July 2016Cavan County Council
Housing Loan Initative
- Received 10 June 2016Decided 6 July 2016Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
All records for the period 06/10/2015 to 06/10/2016 relating to: the number of homeless families and individuals housed in hotels, the names and locations of each of the hotels, the number of homeless individuals housed in each hotel; the monies paid to each hotel for housing homeless people; the monies paid to each hotel in the Dublin region; the monies paid to the Regency Hotel and correspondence between the Department and the Regency Hotel re housing homeless people.
- Received —Decided 5 July 2016Part-GrantedThe Housing Agency (Housing & Sustainable Communities Agency)
information in the possession of the Council in relation to the offer from NAMA to the Council of Social Housing Units - Meath County Council Referral
- Received 7 June 2016Decided 4 July 2016Part-GrantedCork County Council
Correspondence between Cork County Council and the Office of the Promotion of Migrant Integration regarding the resettlement of refugees and internal discussions regarding housing refugees on arrival.
- Received 14 June 2016Decided 4 July 2016GrantedMeath County Council
1. The number of families and dependent children in emergency accommodation in the Council area in the last two weeks of December 2015 2. The equivalent number for homeless families and children in the last two weeks of May 2016. 3. How many hotels, hostels and B&Bs are currently used by the Council to house homeless families.
- Received 12 May 2016Decided 1 July 2016Part-GrantedSouth Dublin County Council
Various housing queries including housing list numbers,housing stock,acquisitions,refurbishments,new builds,details of homeless applicants,housing adaptation grants,staff numbers,land zoned for residential development.
- Received 10 May 2016Decided 28 June 2016GrantedMeath County Council
Information on: 1. The funding allocated by the Department of the Environment to Meath County Council specifically for Housing for the Traveller Community for 2010-2015 2. The breakdown of the spending of the funds; including how and where the money was spent for 2010-2015 3. Any minutes of meetings that mention funding for traveller accommodation from 2010-2015 4. Any statistical date kept by the council on the current housing situation among the Traveller community in the county; how many have been accommodated and how many are still waiting or on illegal sites. 5. Any records on how many of these sites have running water and electricity.
- Received 25 May 2016Decided 23 June 2016WithdrawnGalway County Council
Re: I wish to request the information listed below under the Freedom of Information Act 2014. A list of all residential units identified by NAMA as potentially suitable Social Housing and offered to Galway City & Co Co for intended use as social housing since Jan. 2011 including the following information: a) the location/address and a description of the residential units identified and offered to Galway City & Co Co (eg. Whether the properties/units offered were apartments, houses etc.) b) the number of units offered at each location/address c) whether these units were deemed suitable for use as social housing by Galway City & CoCo (i.e. whether they were demand confirmed) d) if the properties/units offered were not deemed suitable/or the local authority did not confirm a demand for the properties offered, the reason given for this; e) whether the units have been transferred/delivered to local authority ownership for use as social housing via purchase, whether they are being leased via NARPS or otherwise.
- Received 24 May 2016Decided 22 June 2016GrantedGalway County Council
Re: I wish to apply under the Freedom of Information Act for all information in the possession of the Council in relation to the offer from NAMA to the Council of Social Housing Units.
- Received 23 May 2016Decided 21 June 2016GrantedSouth Dublin County Council
Records relating to offer from NAMA to the Council of homes for social housing needs and reasons for accepting or refusing such homes or lands.
- Received 13 June 2016Decided 21 June 2016Part-GrantedCork County Council
Own Housing application file.
- Received 25 May 2016Decided 21 June 2016GrantedMonaghan County Council
NAMA offer of Soc Housing Units
- Received 25 May 2016Decided 21 June 2016GrantedMonaghan County Council
NAMA offer of Soc Housing Units
- Received 24 May 2016Decided 21 June 2016Part-GrantedNational Asset Management Agency Group
All correspondence between the Department of Finance and NAMA regarding NAMA’s plan to work with and fund developers to deliver 20,000 residential units before the end of 2020 and the use of the projected NAMA surplus after 2018 to fund new investment in infrastructure, including affordable housing programmes.
- Received 26 May 2016Decided 17 June 2016RefusedCork County Council
A list of all residential units identified by NAMA as potentially suitable Social Housing and offered to Cork County Council for intended use as Social Housing since 2011 ‐ plus five detailed questions.
- Received 24 May 2016Decided 17 June 2016RefusedCork County Council
All information in the possession of the Council in relation to the offer from NAMA to the Council of Social Housing Units.
- Received 24 May 2016Decided 16 June 2016GrantedDonegal County Council
All information in relation to the offer from NAMA to Council for Social Housing Units
- Received 1 June 2016Decided 16 June 2016GrantedDonegal County Council
Information re homeless stats in county (12 questions)
- Received 18 May 2016Decided 16 June 2016GrantedWestmeath County Council
Social housing
- Received 24 May 2016Decided 16 June 2016GrantedWestmeath County Council
Social housing
- Received 25 May 2016Decided 16 June 2016GrantedWestmeath County Council
Social housing
- Received 12 May 2016Decided 16 June 2016GrantedGalway County Council
Re: 1) The total number of households on your housing waiting lists. 2) A breakdown of the housing list by household size. 3) The total number of allocations (standard, priority, transfer) made in the last 12 months broken down by tenancy type, unit size and average waiting time. 4) The total housing stock in your administrative area broken down by Council units, Housing Association owned units, RAS tenancies, HAP tenancies, long term leased tenancies. 5) The number of acquisitions in the past 12 months. 6) The number of refurbishments in the past 12 months. 7) The number of new builds currently under way. 8) The number of planning permissions for social housing on file but not yet commenced 9) The average length of time it took to pass these permissions 10) The total number of voids 11) The average length of time it took to re-tenant voids in the last 12 months. 12) The number of households on your priority housing list broken down by priority type-homelessness, medical, overcrowding, anti-social and broken down by household. 13) The number of staff (full time equivalents employed in your housing department in 2007, 2010 and 2015 and the total cost of these staff for each of the three years. 14) An estimate of the additional funding required in 2016 to return staffing levels to 2010 and 2007 levels. 15) The number of DPG, HAG & MAG applications approved and awaiting funding and the total amount of funding required to clear these waiting lists. 16) The total acreage of Council owned land in your administrative area zoned for residential development. 17) Total number of households (with breakdown by household type and adult/children) registered as homeless in your administrative area. 18) Total number of rough sleepers in your administrative area. 19) Total number of households (with breakdown by household size and adult/children) in emergency accommodation. 20) Total number of allocations of housing to people on your homeless list for the last 12 months broken down by household size and average length of time in emergency accommodation. 21) Total number of households on your older persons housing list and average waiting time for allocations off this list in last 12 months.
- Received 25 May 2016Decided 16 June 2016GrantedOffaly County Council
A list of all residential units identified by NAMA as potentially suitable Social Housing and offered to Offaly Co Co for intended use as social housing since January 2011
- Received 12 May 2016Decided 15 June 2016Part-GrantedOffaly County Council
Request in 21 parts in relation to Social Housing Waiting list, Housing Stock Housing Acquisitions, Voids, No. Of DPG's HAG's, MAG's Applications, Council lands zoned for Residential development, No of Homeless persons
- Received 25 May 2016Decided 13 June 2016WithdrawnDonegal County Council
List of all units identified by NAMA for Soicial Housing since Jan 2011. Including location/address & description of units, no of units offered at each location, whether these units were deemed suitable, if not suitable reasons given, whether units have been transferred to dcc and if they are being leased via NARPS
- Received 24 May 2016Decided 10 June 2016TransferredMeath County Council
All information in the possession of the Council in relation to the offer from NAMA to the Council of Social Housing Units.
- Received 11 May 2016Decided 8 June 2016GrantedMeath County Council
Information on: • The total number of households on your housing waiting list • A breakdown of the housing list by household size • The total number of allocations (standard, priority, transfer) made in the last 12 months broken down by tenancy type, unit size and average waiting time • The total housing stock in your administrative area broken down by Council units, Housing Association owned units, RAS tenancies, HAP tenancies, long term leased tenancies • The number of acquisitions in the past 12 months • The number of refurbishments in the past 12 months • The number of new builds currently under way • The number of planning permissions for social housing on file but not yet commenced • The average length of time it took to pass these permissions • The total number of voids • The average length of time it took to re-tenant voids in the last 12 months • The number of households on your priority housing list broken down by priority type –
- Received 10 May 2016Decided 7 June 2016GrantedSouth Dublin County Council
Details of funding for housing of the traveller community, numbers accommodated and details of whether illegal sites have running water and electricity.
- Received 11 May 2016Decided 3 June 2016GrantedMonaghan County Council
Housing stats
- Received 11 May 2016Decided 2 June 2016GrantedDonegal County Council
Information on Housing List - seeking various breakdown
- Received 22 April 2016Decided 2 June 2016GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Correspondence between the Housing Policy Unit of the Department and Owen Keegan, Dublin City Council, between 22/10/2015 and 22/04/2016.
- Received —Decided 30 May 2016Cavan County Council
Details of Social Housing
- Received 20 May 2016Decided 27 May 2016Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Briefing documents prepared for the new Minister for Housing, Planning, Community & Local Government.