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madisona
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Under Part V of the 2000 Planning and Development Act local authorities can acquire 20% of housing in new developments for social and affordable housing.
However the latest figures show once again that actual delivery is well below this. During the first 9 months of 2006 only 1,386 units were acquired although over 80,000 housing units were built, i.e closer to 2% than 20%.
http://tinyurl.com/vxpq2
The blame game is interesting. Local councillers (even FF councillers) and TDs blame the government, saying that Cullen's 2002 amendment allows builders to buy their way out of Part V.
The government totally rejects this charge and says that it is the fault of local authorities.
"The legal obligation under PartV can be satisfied by a cash contribution only if the local authority considers it appropriate taking account of its housing needs. While the developer may propose it is the local authority that decides"
http://tinyurl.com/y49p76
Another thing that I find interesting is that many housing officials are accepting very low cash payments in lieu of housing although this seems to me to be illegal as the Act clearly states that any payment should be equivalent to the value of the land forgone.
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/ZZA32Y2002S3.html
"the aggregate monetary value .......... transferred or paid by virtue of the agreement being equivalent to the monetary value of the land that the planning authority would receive if the agreement solely provided for a transfer of land"
e.g in Cork City a few thousand euro is fairly standard even though the social and affordable waiting lists are over 10,000 and not a single house was acquired under Part V during the first 9 months of 2006.
So my queries are:
Why are so many local politicians blaming the government rather than challenging the policies of their own councils?
Why are payments that are illegally low not being challenged?
However the latest figures show once again that actual delivery is well below this. During the first 9 months of 2006 only 1,386 units were acquired although over 80,000 housing units were built, i.e closer to 2% than 20%.
http://tinyurl.com/vxpq2
The blame game is interesting. Local councillers (even FF councillers) and TDs blame the government, saying that Cullen's 2002 amendment allows builders to buy their way out of Part V.
The government totally rejects this charge and says that it is the fault of local authorities.
"The legal obligation under PartV can be satisfied by a cash contribution only if the local authority considers it appropriate taking account of its housing needs. While the developer may propose it is the local authority that decides"
http://tinyurl.com/y49p76
Another thing that I find interesting is that many housing officials are accepting very low cash payments in lieu of housing although this seems to me to be illegal as the Act clearly states that any payment should be equivalent to the value of the land forgone.
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/ZZA32Y2002S3.html
"the aggregate monetary value .......... transferred or paid by virtue of the agreement being equivalent to the monetary value of the land that the planning authority would receive if the agreement solely provided for a transfer of land"
e.g in Cork City a few thousand euro is fairly standard even though the social and affordable waiting lists are over 10,000 and not a single house was acquired under Part V during the first 9 months of 2006.
So my queries are:
Why are so many local politicians blaming the government rather than challenging the policies of their own councils?
Why are payments that are illegally low not being challenged?