Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 September 2023
355. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are rules in place in respect of the rents charged by approved housing bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41536/23]
View answerMy Department provides a range of funding streams, through local authorities, to assist AHBs with the delivery of social housing, examples of which include the Capital Advance Leasing Facility (CALF) with a Payment and Availability Agreement, or the Capital Assistance Scheme (CAS). The Capital Loan Subsidy Scheme (CLSS) was closed to new applications in 2011.
The terms and conditions, including rent setting, of these funding schemes are set out in my Department's Memorandum on Capital Funding Schemes for the Provision of Rental Accommodation by Approved Housing Bodies (Voluntary and Co - Operative Rental Housing): VHU: 2/02 of May 2002 and related circulars, and the relevant mortgage, loan agreements and Payment and Availability Agreements in force between the relevant local authority and AHB.
