Housing

Limerick City and County Council

All correspondence between officials in the Dept of Housing and the Housing section officials of your Local Authority as they relate to long term leasing deals within the residential sector since 2017

Limerick City and County Council

1) Copies of agreements in connection to the development Laurelville, Mill Rd Corbally to include minute of meeting between devloper, Limerick C.C. And Cluid housing in regards to the transfer of 11 units for social housing. 2) Details of how the decision was reached & by who. 3) Details of decision making process that allowed the remaining houses in the development to be clasified as social housing in contradiction to government policy of 10% social and 10% affordable where here there is 50% transferred to social and affordable.

Limerick City and County Council

Copy of record containing the addresses of all vacant housing units owned by the local authority and (if available) the date since they became vacant

Limerick City and County Council

The amount of funding allocated to the local authority by the Dept of Housing for traveller sepcific accommodation by year for 2017, 2018, 2019. Details of funding applied for and received from the Dept of Housing for Traveller specific accommodation for 2020 and to 31 Jul 2021 and details of the specific projects applied for. The amount of funding spent on (including a breakdown of spend per project) by year for 2017 2018 2019 2020 and to 31 Jul 2021.

Limerick City and County Council

I request all relevant information on LCCC's use of notices issued pursuant to s.10 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 (as amended) ("Section 10 notices") from 2016 to date (the "relevant period") Without prejudice to the generality of my request, I request information on: 1) the number of section 10 Notices issued in each year of the relevant period, 2) the subsection of s.10 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 (as amended) that was invoked; 3) the number of S.10 Notices that led to the removal and storage of temporary dwelling; 4) and the number of Section 10 Notices that led to a prosecution. Pursuant to section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 (as amended), I request the following records: All notices (subject to required redactions) issued by Limerick City and County Council pursuant to s.10 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 (as amended) from 2016 to date.

Limerick City and County Council

Complaints from Travellers on issues with housing e.g. halting sites or local authority housing. Complaints from members of the public about Traveller housing e.g. Travellers or halting site moving to an area or issues in the area. From 2019 to date

Limerick City and County Council

I request under the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 and 2003, records in relation to Council inspections of private rented properties (PRP) in 2019 and Jan to Sept 2020 (or more recent data) relating to the following: 1.How many PRPs were inspected by the council? How many were deemed non-compliant with the housing regulations? The most common reasons for non-compliance? 2.The number of improvement notices issued? The number of prohibition notices issued? How many were prosecuted? 3.Does the council follow any standard for overcrowding in PRP? Does it inspect for overcrowding? How many were inspected for overcrowding? 4. How many were inspected because of concerns about the spread of coronavirus? How many were deemed to be a potential virus hazard? 5. How many PRPs were inspected proactively - ie NOT arising from concerns raised with the council 6. The number of properties inspected as a proportion registered tenancies

Louth County Council

A copy of the report re findings of the internal investigation (not Garda Investigation) into irregularities in rent collection as per Local Gov Audit Service 2012 report

Louth County Council

Social Housing wating list, transfer list, Part V, Homelessness

Louth County Council

Applicants on social housing list, number who are non-irish, country of origin of non-irish applicants

Louth County Council

Housing - no. applicants on housing list, transfer list. Budget of Part V fund for 2017. How many homeless presenting in Louth incl no. of dependents, amount of funding sought from DECLG/DHPLG to provide homeless accomm in 2016 & to date in 2017. No. social housing units commenced from Jan 2015 to date. No. approvals sought from DECLG/DHPLG for social housing construction. No. vacant social housing units owned by lcc in 2017. Stats on average time for LCC to return vacant social housing unit back to use. No applicants on Incremental Purchase Scheme to date & reasons given to applicants for refusing their application.

Louth County Council

▪ Most up to date under of applicants for social housing currently registered with your local authority. ▪ The most up to date number of vacant social housing units in your county.

Louth County Council

Copies of any reps received from members of the Oireachtas opposing the granting of planning permission for new developments of housing, apartments, social housing etc for the period 01/01/15 to date

Louth County Council

Provide information on the following:- correspondence between LCC and the ISPCA in Sept 2016; correspondence LCC had with any Local Authority Vets or the Dept. Of Housing regarding this exchange; copies of all documents relating to FOI requests from counties other than Louth and Depts (such as the Dept of Housing) relating to Dog Breeding Establishments which have been forwarded on to LCC & please provide LCC'S responses.

Louth County Council

Details of an email dated 05/10/16 from LCC to local Authority Vets; correspondence that LCC has had with the DAFM, other LAV's, Dept of Housing & DARDNI regarding the BALAI directive. Copy of a letter from Canine Breeders Ireland (CBI) to all county managers; correspondence between CBI and LCC;

Louth County Council

Email dated 13/10/2016 between LCC & LGMA; copies of all correspondence between LCC & the Department of Housing regarding the request for information from the requester, Dept of Housing.

Louth County Council

Email dated 06/01/16 between LCC and LGMA. Please provide the three attachments referred to in this email. Email dated 03/03/16 between LCC and LGMA relating to an FOI by the Sunday Independent: Please provide all correspondence between Louth Co Co and any other local authorities, Dept of Agriculture and Marine, Dept of Housing which discuss this request and how to respond to it. Please provide all correspondence with the Dept of Housing about the issuing of a sectoral response or direction and file notes of any conversations.Please provide any correspondence from anyone within or outside of Louth Co Co about the coordination of responses to FOIs. Please provide correspondence from within Louth Co Co between the FOI Officer and staff relating to the refusal of information to the Sunday Independent.

Louth County Council

Housing of known criminals by LCC

Louth County Council

The number of applicants on the housing list Average waiting time for a family or single person on the list. The type of families on the list, such as one parent family, nuclear family etc.

Louth County Council

A detailed list of reasons why people are refusing social housing for 2016 and up to October 2017. The total number of refusals for each of the years concerned. A list of areas where refusals occurred.

Louth County Council

• The name of all housing estates constructed in your area between the years 1st January, 2000 to 1st January, 2005. • If possible you might let us know the number of constructions (units) in each estate.

Louth County Council

The cost that LCC have made in buying up and developing houses for the purposes of social housing since 2016. The number of families that have been homed by LCC into these houses since 2016. The vetting procedures that are in place to assess these families eligilbity for social housing. The number of times that anti-social behaviour has been reported occurring in these houses since 2016. The number of times since 2016 families have been issued a tenancy warning.

Louth County Council

The number of complaints of antisocial behaviour the council received in (i) 2018 and (ii) 2019. The number of times the council evicted a tenant from a local authority property in (i) 2018 and (ii) 2019. with a breakdown by the reason for the eviction i.e antisocial behaviour, non- payment of rent etc.

Louth County Council

1. All criteria and process Louth CoCo employ when assessing the suitability of an applicant and or the applicants tenant for social housing. 2. Whether the Louth CoCo apply all criteria and processes as set out or if there is a discretionary not to include all materials. 3. If as requested within the application form for social housing garda Vetting actually does take place on all applications and applicant tentant who apply for social housing

Louth County Council

The number of sites that have been on the register since 1998. The number and amount of fines issued since 1998. The number and amount of fines actually collected since 1998. The current register of derelict sites for Louth County Council.. If it would make life easier, the previous derelict site returns from Louth County Council to the department of housing would suffice.

Louth County Council

Willow Brook Estate - copies of Housing Progress Reports, Taking in Charge Reports and Infrastructure, from 2007 to present.

Louth County Council

Specifically for an update on the numbers of persons with a disability currently on the housing waiting list broken down as per the table in the 2016 Housing strategy in Paragraph 4.1.8 Total disability need.

Louth County Council

How many homeless people and/or rough sleepers your Council has had to put into emergency accommodation between March and November, 2020 and how much this has cost, including the names and locations of the accommodation (when it is a hotel for example).

Louth County Council

Details of the names of the building contractors and developers who have secured contracts to develop social housing for your local authority over the last 2-3 years, the period since when your council has been developing again, as social housing providers. I believe this information should be in the public domain and therefore should be available for you to provide under the remit of the Act.

Louth County Council

I am requesting the release of information the number of individuals and families who refused social housing offered by the local authority between 2016 and the present date. I am specifically seeking the number of refusals made each year, the reasons for refusal, the number of individuals and families who refused on more than on occasion (including the total number of refusals), and the number of individuals families who were suspended from social housing waiting lists as a result of refusing social housing.

Louth County Council

The total cost of refurbishments on void housing units in your area between January 2018 and January 2019 · The total number of void housing units refurbished in your area between January 2018 and January 2019 · The cost of refurbishing each individual void housing unit in your area between January 2018 and January 2019 · The length of time between the council obtaining each unit before refurbishing it and between refurbishing it and when the new tenants moved in between January 2018 and January 2019

Louth County Council

Total number of Households on your social housing waiting list in need of a wheelchair adapted house Total number of Households on your housing transfer list in need of a wheelchair adapted house Total number of adaptations to council houses in your local authority in order to make them fully wheelchair accessible in each of the last five years 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 Total number of new builds designed to be fully wheelchair accessible delivered by local authority or approved housing body in your administrative area for each of the last five years 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 Total number of new builds designed to be fully wheelchair accessible in your current social housing contraction pipeline to be delivered by local authority or approved housing body in your administrative area

Louth County Council

All final lists of current inventory within Louth County Council from January 2011 to date setting out the total number, location and cost of housing units purchased by Louth County Council from the private sector per annum during that period

Louth County Council

How much money has been spent on Emergency Accomodation in the County for homeless people since 1 January 2018

Louth County Council

My request refers to the housing supports, the Capital Assistance Scheme (CAS) and the Capital Loan and Subsidy Scheme (CLSS). I would like to have details please of the names and, if available, the address of any organisation which took on a CAS or CLSS loan between 1984 and 1999

Louth County Council

1) The overall number of intentions to compulsory purchase issued by the local authority pursuant to its role as a Housing Authority for social and affordable housing purposes or under the Derelict broken down per annum from September 2018 to date The overall number of Section 50 of the Planning & Development Act Judicial reviews of confirmed orders involving the Local Authority broken down per annum from September 2018 to 2019 to date. The number of Compulsory Purchase order "Notice to Treat" issued by the Local Authority broken down per annum from September 2018 to date. The total amount spent on Compulsory Purchases broken down per annum from September 2018 to date.

Louth County Council

The number of applications currently on the council's waiting list for social housing. The number of social housing offers made last year. The number of social housing offers refused last year, and reasons for refusal, I.E location, size, etc. The number of people who refused a social housing offer last year

Louth County Council

Questions regarding housing allocation policies - Does Louth County Council have reserved (designated) houses for Traveller households?. What is the general housing allocation system for Traveller households in new housing developments? Are housing applicants nominated to Approved Housing Bodies in accordance with the housing allocation system?

Louth County Council

All records/correspondence etc. between the Valuation Office and the Council (dating from the commencement date of the FOI Act onwards) relating to petrol stations, convenience stores and supermarkets; All records/correspondence etc. between the Valuation Tribunal and the Council (dating from the commencement date of the FOI Act onwards) relating to petrol stations, convenience stores and supermarkets;; All records/correspondence etc. between the Council and the Department for Housing,

Louth County Council

The overall number of planning permission change of use applications to register a non-Principal Private Residence as a short term let received since July 1st 2019 to date, the number granted, the number refused and the number still being processed. The number of notification forms received for Principal Private Residences as short term lettings since July 1st 2019 to date`The number of complaints received by the authority about suspected breaches of the said regulations. The number of Enforcement Orders or warnings issued by the Council arising from breaches of the Residential and Tenancies Act 2019 and subsequent regulations as since 1st July 2019. The number of staff and budget of the local authority directly attached to short term lettings regulation and communication written or electronic between the Local Authority and the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government in relation to requests for extra resources arising from the new regulations on short term lettings.”

Louth County Council

The number of applicants removed from the housing list each year. The primary reasons for removal each year (e.g successfully housed, suspended) The number of applicants removed each year because of their death

Louth County Council

Monthlyreports(fromJanuary2016tothemostrecent recordavailable)detailingthenumberofpeoplewho entered emergency homelessaccommodation funded under Section 10 ofthe Housing Act1988 in your local authority administrative area; Monthly reports (from January 2016 to the most recent record available) detailing the number ofpeoplewho exited emergency homelessaccommodation funded under Section 10 of theHousingAct1988inyourlocalauthorityadministrativearea;.Monthlyreports(fromJanuary2016tothe most recent record available) detailing the number of people who entered emergency homeless accommodation funded under Section 10 of the Housing Act1988 in your localauthority administrative area categorised as adults and as dependants. Monthly reports (from January 2016 to the most recent record available) detailing the number of people who exited emergency homeless accommodation funded under Section 10 of the Housing Act 1988 in your local authority administrative area categorised as adultompleted 22/10/18. Ti

Louth County Council

The total number of people on the council's social housing list, along with the following (i) the number who have been waiting for more than five years, (ii) more then eight years and (iii) more than 10 years The total amount of social housing tenants who are in rent arrears, along with the number of whom are in rent arrears for more than a year. I would also like the total monetary value of rent arrears from social housing tenants.”

Louth County Council

Communications regarding fire safety concerns at the Halliday Mills development in Dundalk between Cooperation Housing Ireland (CHI) National Project Manager, Council executives and the councils fire officer. A copy of fire audit into Halliday Mills development carried out for CHI by Brendan Kavanagh. Any Follow up correspondence to and from the Council relating to the issue of fire safety at the Halliday Mills development.

Louth County Council

How many people are on LCC social housing waiting list? Additionally how long has the applicant who has been on the list longest been on the list. How many vacant housing units does Louth County Council own?

Louth County Council

How much did Louth County Council spend on maintenance works on housing stock in the years 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 and 2017 broken down by year?

Louth County Council

Records regarding the number of mould complaints in social housing in 2021 within the councils remit. Records regarding the number of mould complaints in social housing in 2020 within the councils remit.

Louth County Council

Under FOI Act, details to cover 2019, 2020, 2021 the number of people who presented as homeless citing domestic violence/abuse the number in same timeframe of people deemed active domestic violence cases in your area, the number of refuges or shelters in your area and capacity of same. The number of cannot accommodate cases involving those refuges or shelters and as notified to the local authority.

Louth County Council

I wish to request under the FOI Act a copy of all draft versions and the final version of the Housing Delivery Plan submitted by Louth County Council to the department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage as requested under Circular Housing 32/2021. Housing for all: Housing delivery action plans. Any correspondence between the Council and the Department of Housing Local Government and Heritage in relation to the housing delivery action plan.

Louth County Council

Accessing of emergency homeless accommodation, including but not limited to (i) the assessment of eligibility for such accommodation and (ii) the allocation and re-allocation of such accommodation.