Lundy welcomes housing grants
Wednesday March 10 2010
Clr. Jerry Lundy has welcomed the announcement by Mr. Michael Finneran, T. D., Minister for Housing, Urban Renewal and Developing Areas, that € 1,218,750 is to be allocated to Sligo County Council this year for housing adaptation grant schemes for older people and people with disability.
Mayo is to get € 3,720; Leitrim will get € 1,668,334, and Roscommon will receive € 2,757,208.
Clr. Lundy said he had lobbied the minister on this issue at every occasion possible as he believed housing adaptation grant schemes for older people and people with disability were most important.
Mr. Finneran announced a total of € 100 million for grants to improve or extend the private homes of older people and people with a disability in 2010. This does not include expenditure by local authorities on improving and extending their own social housing stock. The allocation represents a 31% increase on the initial allocations to local authorities in 2009.
