A homeless couple aged in their 60s and with significant health problems have sued South Dublin County Council in an effort to compel it to decide their application for social housing support. They were assisted by the Free Legal Advice Centres in applying to the council for housing supports. Contrary to what the council argued, the January 2019 application was a “fresh” application which had to be decide within 12 weeks, she said. It says the 2011 Social Housing Assessment regulations provides that it decides the eligibility of a social housing application. It also says, because no clarification has been received from the Department of Housing concerning the Circular for assessing applications for social housing support from non Irish nationals, it remains bound by that Circular.

Source: Irish Examiner January 17, 2020 14:15 UTC