Housing (Loans and Grants) Act, 1962
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Supplementary grants by housing authority for provision of houses. |
12.—(1) Where a relevant grant is made by the Minister or the Minister for the Gaeltacht, as the case may be, to or in respect of a person providing a house and the person is the occupier of the house when the erection or purchase thereof was or is completed, a housing authority may make a grant to or in respect of the person in respect of the provision of the house (whether situate within or outside the functional area of the authority) if— | |
(i) the person derives his livelihood solely or mainly from the pursuit of agriculture and the rateable value, or the aggregate of the rateable value, of the land (if any) and buildings occupied by him does not exceed fifty pounds, or | ||
(ii) the total, determined by the housing authority, of the income of the person and the income of his wife (if any) does not exceed eight hundred and thirty-two pounds per annum. | ||
(2) A grant under this section to or in respect of a person in respect of a house shall be of such amount as may be determined by the housing authority but shall not exceed the amount of the relevant grant made by the Minister to or in respect of the person in respect of the house. | ||
(3) A housing authority may impose in relation to the making of a grant to or in respect of a person in respect of a house under this section such conditions as it thinks fit including conditions in respect of— | ||
(a) the period of residence of the person in the functional area of the authority, | ||
(b) the occupation of the house by the person and the period of such occupation, and | ||
(c) the repayment by the person of the amount of the grant to the authority. | ||
(4) The making of grants under this section may, if the housing authority thinks fit, be confined to— | ||
(a) persons of such class or classes, | ||
(b) persons providing houses of such type or types, or | ||
(c) persons of such class or classes providing houses of such type or types, | ||
as, in each case, may be determined by the authority. | ||
(5) A determination of a housing authority of the amount of a grant under this section or of the income of a person applying for a grant under this section or of his wife (if any) shall be final and not appealable. | ||
(6) A grant shall not be made under this section in respect of a house in respect of which a grant was made under section 9, 10 or 11 of the Act of 1952. | ||
(7) In this section “relevant grant” means a grant under— | ||
(a) subsection (1) or subsection (7) (inserted by the Housing (Gaeltacht) (Amendment) Act, 1959 ) of section 3 of the Housing (Gaeltacht) Act, 1929 , | ||
(b) section 16 of the Act of 1948, or | ||
(c) section 2 of this Act. |