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Housing (Homeless Housing Assistance Payment) (Amendment) Bill 2019
- Sponsor
- Frank O'Rourke · Fianna Fáil
- Introduced
- 17 Oct 2019
- Last updated
- 13 Feb 2020
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Amends Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 to require local authorities to start Homeless Housing Assistance Payment support immediately when a tenant receives notice of tenancy termination.
- Enables eligible households to seek accommodation earlier with state support, aiming to prevent homelessness before eviction occurs.
- Creates new statutory obligation on local authorities with no anticipated additional exchequer costs.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage32nd Dáil17 Oct 2019
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