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Council house question

  • 24-08-2011 7:09pm
    #1
    ruboo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 39 ✭


    A friend of mine has been offered a 2 bed house in a very bad estate locally. He has two children that he cannot claim for (even though he has them 3-4 days a week). He has a boy and a girl.
    My question is, does anyone know what will happen if he refuses the house? The estate is not somewhere that he wants to bring his children up, and also, a two bed down the line is not going to work with two children of different sexes.

    I understand (as does he) that he is very lucky to get a house at all, so please don't see this as ungratefulness. He is genuinely concerned about the neighbourhood and the lack of space for the kids.

    Thank you very much.
    PS. He has been on the housing list for seven years.

    :confused:


Comments

  • #2
    January
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,862 ✭✭✭✭January


    If it is his first offer he can turn it down, I think you get two refusals before you are put off the list.


  • #3
    egan2020
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 567 ✭✭✭egan2020


    As far as I know, he will also be put back to the bottom of the list.


  • #4
    Balagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,168 ✭✭✭Balagan


    If you are offered a house or flat that you do not want, you can refuse it. However, if the local authority thinks that you do not have a good reason for refusing the offer of the house, it may reduce your priority on the waiting list, particularly if you refuse more than one offer.
    http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/housing/local_authority_and_social_housing/applying_for_local_authority_housing.html

    Does the Council know that your friend will have his two children with him for much of the time? It's a separate issue from whether he is claiming Social Welfare for them or not. He should let the Council know because, apart from the fact that there is no point getting a 2 bedroom house when there is him and a girl and a boy to be housed, it will make his reason for refusing this time more valid as the Council will more readily understand him not wanting to bring up his children in an unsafe environment. It is a pity that over the years the Council staff did not do their jobs vis a vis the anti-social behaviour regulations - if they had they would not find themselves with nightmare estates with empty houses which no sane person would want to live in.


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