Vol. 554 No. 5
1503 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the income threshold guidelines for people to qualify for social housing; and his plans to increase the guidelines to commence at ?30,000 to be realistic due to the current cost of housing. [16210/02]
There is no general income threshold set by my Department for local authority housing. In assessing the housing needs of applicants for local authority housing local authorities have regard to a number of factors including means. Some authorities apply an income limit, for example, equivalent to that for the shared ownership scheme or an affordable housing loan. Any review of income thresholds is a matter for each individual local authority having regard to local circumstances.
