Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 23 March 2023
223. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of an approved housing body (details supplied); and if it held a management company annual general meeting in 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14534/23]
View answerAs provided for in the Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Act 2019 (the Act), the Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority (AHBRA) was formally established on 1 February 2021. AHBRA is an independent body tasked with the regulation of Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) for the purposes of protecting housing assets provided or managed by such bodies.
The register of AHBs previously managed by my Department was officially transferred to AHBRA on 1 January 2022. On this date there were 450 AHBs that were deemed registered and are subject to all provisions in the Act. The AHB in question is listed as registered. The register is published on AHBRA's website, available here: www.ahbregulator.ie/registration/the-register/
The Governance standard includes the need to demonstrate that an effective governing body, or Board, of an AHB is in place. The Regulator is responsible for monitoring compliance by AHBs with the approved standards, and information regarding AGMs is collected as part of the yearly monitoring programme, the first of which took place in 2022. The Regulator has the power to carry out a standards assessment to determine if an AHB is complying or failing to comply with the standards. Anyone concerned that an AHB is not complying with the standards can submit a complain to AHBRA via email to concerns@ahbregulator.ie
