National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability 2011 - 2016
National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability 2011 - 2016
National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability 2011 - 2016
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Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS)5.15 RAS caters <strong>for</strong> the accommodation needs of certain persons who have been inreceipt of rent supplement, normally <strong>for</strong> more than 18 months, and who are assessed ashaving a long-term housing need. RAS is a collaborative project between the DECLG, localauthorities, the Department of Social Protection and the HSE Community Welfare Service 21 .The core objectives of the scheme are to provide good standard accommodation <strong>with</strong>in theprivate rented sector <strong>for</strong> recipients of rent supplement under the Supplementary WelfareScheme who have long-term social housing needs and to attain better value <strong>for</strong> money <strong>for</strong>the State in the provision of long term accommodation options 22 . Table 5.2 below showssocial housing output under RAS to end April <strong>2011</strong>.Table 5.2: RAS Activity 2005 – April <strong>2011</strong>DateNew UnitsAcquiredPrivateTransfersUnsoldAf<strong>for</strong>d.VoluntaryTransfersTotalprivate,unsoldaf<strong>for</strong>d. &voluntarytransfersRS toSocial<strong>Housing</strong>Totaltransfersto RAS &Social<strong>Housing</strong>CumulativeTotalEnd 2005 2 5 0 500 505 101 606 606End 2006 405 828 0 1,505 2,333 2,103 4,436 5,042End 2007 796 2,077 0 841 2,918 3,136 6,054 11,096End 2008 1,600 3,012 0 633 3,645 3,270 6,915 18,011End 2009 1,990 3,328 27 644 3,999 2,803 6,802 24,813End 2010 2,131 3,539 103 616 4,258 2,351 6,609 31,422Q1 of<strong>2011</strong>479 888 19 154 1,061 531 1,592 33,014Apr-<strong>2011</strong> 151 256 13 86 355 185 540 33,554Total todate7,554 13,933 162 4,979 19,074 14,480 33,55421The scheme was established pursuant to a Government decision in July 2004 arising from the work of aPlanning Group in relation to more structured use of private rental accommodation to address housing needsof rent supplement recipients and concerns regarding expansion in numbers, costs and duration ofdependence on the SWA rent supplement scheme.22The Government’s new <strong>Housing</strong> Policy Statement, published in June <strong>2011</strong>, provides <strong>for</strong> the transfer ofresponsibility <strong>for</strong> providing <strong>for</strong> the housing needs of long-term rent supplement recipients to housingauthorities on a phased basis.52
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