Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1992
Subsidy towards rent of houses provided by certain bodies. |
7.—(1) Subject to such regulations as may be made by the Minister for the purposes of this section— | |
(a) a housing authority may pay a subsidy towards the rent of a house provided (whether provided by erection, purchase, improvement or conversion) by a body approved of for the purposes of section 6 , and | ||
(b) the Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, recoup to a housing authority, out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas, all or part of a subsidy paid by them under paragraph (a). | ||
(2) Regulations under this section may, in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), make provision in relation to all or any one or more of the following: | ||
(a) the amount of the subsidy and the manner of its determination; | ||
(b) the amount or proportion of the subsidy that may be recouped by the Minister; | ||
(c) the class or classes of houses in respect of which the subsidy may be paid; | ||
(d) the class or classes of persons or households in respect of which the subsidy may be paid; | ||
(e) requirements in relation to the financial and family circumstances of persons occupying a house in respect of which the subsidy may be paid; | ||
(f) requirements in relation to the occupation and maintenance of a house in respect of which the subsidy may be paid; | ||
(g) requirements in relation to the floor area of a house in respect of which the subsidy may be paid, measured in such manner as may, from time to time, be determined by the Minister; | ||
(h) requirements in relation to standards of construction, works and repair and the availability in a house, in respect of which the subsidy may be paid, of water, sewerage and other services; | ||
(i) the manner in and time within which an application for the subsidy shall be made; | ||
(j) the manner of payment of the subsidy to the body providing the house and the conditions under which it is so paid to that body; | ||
(k) the payment of the subsidy, on behalf of a body to whom it is payable under subsection (1), to a person who has made a loan towards the provision of the house, or who has provided funds to a housing authority for the purpose of making such a loan, and the conditions under which it is so paid to that person; | ||
(l) requirements in relation to the payment under any enactment (including this Act) of any other grant, subsidy or assistance in respect of a house concerned. |