{"id":10487,"date":"2022-07-17T22:26:03","date_gmt":"2022-07-17T22:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legalblog.ie\/housing-authority-tenancies\/"},"modified":"2024-02-21T22:52:47","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T22:52:47","slug":"housing-authority-tenancies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/housing-authority-tenancies\/","title":{"rendered":"Authority Schemes &#038; Powers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_63 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/housing-authority-tenancies\/#Rental_Accommodation_Scheme\" title=\"Rental Accommodation Scheme\">Rental Accommodation Scheme<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/housing-authority-tenancies\/#Selling_Apartments\" title=\"Selling Apartments\">Selling Apartments<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/housing-authority-tenancies\/#Procedure\" title=\"Procedure\">Procedure<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/housing-authority-tenancies\/#Management_Structure\" title=\"Management Structure\">Management Structure<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/housing-authority-tenancies\/#Sale_Terms\" title=\"Sale Terms\">Sale Terms<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/housing-authority-tenancies\/#Recovery_of_Let_Houses\" title=\"Recovery of Let Houses\">Recovery of Let Houses<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/housing-authority-tenancies\/#Anti-Social_Behaviour\" title=\"Anti-Social Behaviour\">Anti-Social Behaviour<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/housing-authority-tenancies\/#Harrassment_Intimidation\" title=\"Harrassment &amp; Intimidation\">Harrassment &amp; Intimidation<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Rental_Accommodation_Scheme\"><\/span>Rental Accommodation Scheme<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The 2009 Act Chapter 4 \u00a0provides the legislative basis for the rental accommodation scheme.\u00a0 Under the scheme, owners may make houses available to housing authorities for agreed periods for letting to qualified tenants nominated by the Authority in accordance with the Housing Authority&#8217;s allocation scheme.\u00a0 The Housing Authority pays the rent, and the tenant pays an income-based contribution to the Housing Authority.<\/p>\n<p>A qualified tenant is one who is qualified for social housing support under a rental accommodation availability agreement. The rental accommodation provider makes a dwelling available under the scheme for lettings to qualified persons.<\/p>\n<p>The letting is subject to the Residential Tenancies Act 2004.\u00a0 The tenants are not tenants of the Housing Authority but of the private landlord. The terms of the registered tenancy are provided for under the 2004 Act and the 2009 Act.<\/p>\n<p>Chapter 4 tenancy under the 2009 act superimposes additional conditions in the case of a registered agreement.\u00a0 Where the Housing Authority becomes aware of breaches of the terms of the tenancy agreement or of antisocial behaviour, it may notify the landlord and require him to serve notice of termination.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Selling_Apartments\"><\/span>Selling Apartments<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Part 4 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 provides for the purchase by local Authority tenants of apartments of their accommodation.<\/p>\n<p>A local Authority may designate an apartment complex for the purpose of making the apartments available to tenants for sale.\u00a0 This is subject to the condition that the Housing Authority considers the sale consistent with good estate management of its overall dwelling stock in accordance with policy objectives in its housing services plan relating to the management and maintenance of dwellings owned by the Housing Authority.<\/p>\n<p>The apartment complex must be suitable for designation having regard to<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the configuration of the complex or by reference to the design and layout of the common areas structures, works and service<\/li>\n<li>the \u00a0annual cost of managing and maintaining the apartment complex and providing for future capital works to preserve and improve it<\/li>\n<li>the number of apartments available for use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Procedure\"><\/span>Procedure<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The Authority must be satisfied, where structural work has been carried out within the previous 10 years or in any other case where a survey on the structural condition has been carried out in the previous five years, that the apartment is in good structural condition, \u00a0order and repair.\u00a0 It must not be subject to reconstruction proposals, improvement works, or be in an area planned for regeneration.<\/p>\n<p>The Housing Authority must first prepare a draft, \u00a0provide certain information and seek the tenants\u2019 views.\u00a0 It must be published online. The proposal to designate the apartment must be approved by elected members of the Council. Alternatively, the manager may decide not to proceed.<\/p>\n<p>A vote of the tenants is required.\u00a0 A 65 per cent vote in favour of the designation is required.\u00a0 Owners must indicate their willingness to act as directors. The proposals may only proceed provided at least the specified minimum numbers are prepared to vote in favour and a minimum number of directors are available.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Management_Structure\"><\/span>Management Structure<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>An owners&#8217; management company must be established.\u00a0 Each apartment owner including purchased apartments, become members of the owners management company.\u00a0 The Housing Authority may decide not to designate any director in certain circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>The 2009 Act specifies particular matters with respect to the owners&#8217; management company, which replicates the Multiunit Development Act. The Housing Authority must transfer the common areas for a nominal consideration to the management company.\u00a0 This is subject to tenancy agreements with the Housing Authority, and the sale is by way of a long lease.<\/p>\n<p>The management company must grant for nominal consideration a lease to the Housing Authority in relation to each apartment by means of an apartment transfer order.\u00a0 The consent of the OMC is not required for sales or lettings.<\/p>\n<p>The Housing Authority may enter a property service agreement with the owners&#8217; management company for the provision of property management services in relation to the apartment block.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sale_Terms\"><\/span>Sale Terms<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Sales of the apartments take place by way of a charging order creating a reducing charge in favour of the local Authority in respect of the discount given in accordance with a formula.\u00a0 This may be suspended if the apartment owner is not compliant with the terms and conditions of the order.<\/p>\n<p>Where the apartment purchaser proposes to sell during the charging period, he must give notice.\u00a0 The Authority may purchase the apartment for a sum equal to the current value reduced by the proportion representing the Authority&#8217;s share.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Recovery_of_Let_Houses\"><\/span>Recovery of Let Houses<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Housing authorities have special powers to recover possession of houses provided by them.\u00a0 They may make an application to the District Court for a warrant of recovery of possession where there is one-month arrears and where the dwelling house has been abandoned or is unoccupied.<\/p>\n<p>The court has no discretion in relation to the issue of a warrant for possession once the requisite conditions are shown.<\/p>\n<p>Housing authorities also have special powers in relation to the recovery of houses for which they have provided loans for construction, repair and improvement.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Anti-Social_Behaviour\"><\/span>Anti-Social Behaviour<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Housing authorities have special powers to obtain possession of a property where a person is engaging in anti-social behaviour.\u00a0 This includes drug dealing or behaviour causing danger, damage or fear to persons in the vicinity.\u00a0 It may include harassment, intimidation or violence.<\/p>\n<p>A tenant or member of a local authority may apply for an exclusion order against a member of his household who is engaging in antisocial behaviour.\u00a0 The local authority may apply to the District Court for an exclusion order as may a member of a household.\u00a0 The order excludes the person from the house or an entire estate.\u00a0 It may prohibit certain types of behaviour.<\/p>\n<p>Rent \u00a0supplement may be withdrawn where a person has been evicted, excluded or removed from local authority housing on the basis of anti-social behaviour<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Harrassment_Intimidation\"><\/span>Harrassment &amp; Intimidation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997 contained provisions to prevent harassment and intimidation. An application may be made to the District Court for an order against a tenant engaging in antisocial behaviour.\u00a0 This includes the manufacture, preparation, importation and supply of drugs.<\/p>\n<p>A fellow tenant or the local authority may apply to court.\u00a0 The Housing Authority may apply where having consulted with the tenant, they believe the tenant may be afraid to do so.<\/p>\n<p>An excluding order may be granted by the court on such terms as is required taking account of the interest of tenants, owners and occupiers in the enjoyment of the property and the need to prevent antisocial behaviour.\u00a0 The exclusion order may be made for 3 years.\u00a0 The court may hear the evidence of Gardai.<\/p>\n<p>Where a property is occupied illegally by a person other than the tenant and the person fails to vacate, the Housing Authority may request the Gardai to direct the person to leave the house in a peaceful manner.\u00a0 Where the person fails to comply, the Gardai have the power to enter the property using force. \u00a0Failure to comply with directions is a criminal offence.<\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-10487\" data-postid=\"10487\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-10487 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rental Accommodation Scheme The 2009 Act Chapter 4 \u00a0provides the legislative basis for the rental accommodation scheme.\u00a0 Under the scheme, owners may make houses available to housing authorities for agreed periods for letting to qualified tenants nominated by the Authority in accordance with the Housing Authority&#8217;s allocation scheme.\u00a0 The Housing Authority pays the rent, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[276],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10487"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10487"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32110,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10487\/revisions\/32110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}