Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 1 June 2023
211. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will increase the qualifying threshold from €36,000 to €40,000 for couples who are working and who wish to apply for local authority social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26766/23]
View answerGovernment increased the baseline social housing income thresholds by €5,000 for all local authorities from 1 January 2023.
As a result, the baseline thresholds increased to a net income of €40,000, €35,000 and €30,000 for local authorities in Bands 1, 2 and 3 respectively. The corresponding thresholds for a couple with no children increased to a net income of €42,000, €36,750 and €31,500.
Notwithstanding these changes, my Department is currently scoping options for a revised social housing income eligibility model and I expect proposals to be submitted for my consideration later in Q2 2023.
There are no plans, pending completion of this work, to make any further changes to the thresholds.
