Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 October 2023
185. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to ensure that social housing tenants will not be subject to higher rents because of social welfare rate increases in Budget 2024. [45510/23]
View answerThe making or amending of differential rent schemes are matters for individual local authorities within broad principles set out by my Department. Accordingly, rent schemes are generally based on a percentage of household income and reflect tenants’ ability to pay.
Local authority rent schemes also contain hardship clauses which can be used to support households experiencing financial difficulties. In such cases, for example, local authorities may accept a lesser sum from a tenant for a specified period where payment of rent would give rise to hardship for the household.
