Housing Amendment Act, 1948
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Requiring information from tenants and persons applying for tenancies. |
14.—(1) A housing authority may, for the purpose of enabling them to determine the rent that shall be payable by a person to whom they have let or who has applied to have let to him a house, cottage or other accommodation provided under the Housing (Financial and Miscellaneous Provisions) Acts, 1932 to 1946, the Housing of the Working Classes Acts or the Labourers Acts, require such person to furnish particulars in writing of the following matters:— | |
(a) the number of members of such person's family residing with him, together with their ages, sex, occupations and condition of health; | ||
(b) the weekly income of such person and of each of the members of his family residing with him; | ||
(c) any assistance, benefit or allowance received by or on behalf of such person or any member of his family residing with him from State funds or from any public assistance authority within the meaning of the Public Assistance Act, 1939 (No. 27 of 1939) or from any other source whatsoever excluding temporary allowances from any charitable organisation; | ||
(d) the means of transport available to bring such person and the members of his family residing with him to their places of work, or in the case of children, to school, and the cost of such transport; | ||
(e) the terms upon which premises are occupied by him, the amount of the rent payable in respect of such premises and the name and address of the person to whom such rent is payable. | ||
(2) Any person to whom a housing authority have let or who has applied to have let to him a house, cottage or other accommodation provided under the Housing (Financial and Miscellaneous Provisions) Acts, 1932 to 1946, the Housing of the Working Classes Acts or the Labourers Acts and who wilfully neglects or refuses to furnish any information required by a housing authority under this section or who furnishes false information shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding five pounds. |