Council emergency accommodation

[mairin2024]

Housing Act, 1988
https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/isbc/1988_28.html​

Definition of homelessness

	Homeless persons for the purposes of this Act.	2.—A person shall be regarded by a housing authority as being homeless for the purposes of this Act if—
	(a) there is no accommodation available which, in the opinion of the authority, he, together with any other person who normally resides with him or who might reasonably be expected to reside with him, can reasonably occupy or remain in occupation of, or
	(b) he is living in a hospital, county home, night shelter or other such institution, and is so living because he has no accommodation of the kind referred to in paragraph (a),
	and he is, in the opinion of the authority, unable to provide accommodation from his own resources. Any comment on what 'own resources' means and how council can prove ?

 

[ClubMan]

Any comment on what 'own resources' means and how council can prove ?

Presumably income, savings, assets etc. as ascertained by a means test perhaps?

 

[mairin2024]

What is the applicant says they don't have or don't get social -
expect authorities say they cannot help where income can't be determined

 

[ClubMan]

What is the applicant says they don't have or don't get social -
expect authorities say they cannot help where income can't be determined

Sorry, your post doesn't really make much sense to me.

 

[mairin2024]

Possibly not. - apologies. Heard on grapevine - people presenting as homeless refusing to provide details of their income and then getting emergency accommodation - there should be some rules ?