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Additional housing grant funding

The members of the housing strategic policy committee of Mayo County Council were given an outline of the planned programme of capital works for 2010 at their first meeting since the June local elections.

The towns of Ballinrobe and Claremorris were given a boost in the run up to Christmas this week, with the news that both towns will see free parking introduced in a number of areas in the towns for the festive season.

Assessment procedures for housing applicants, anti-social behaviour, and a homelessness action plan were among the features of the Housing Act 2009 discussed by councillors at Monday’s meeting of Westmeath County Council.

The European Recycling Platform (ERP), Ireland’s only pan-European compliance scheme for electrical and waste battery recycling, has announced that it will begin operating in Westmeath in the new year.

According to a report in Monday’s Irish Independent, demand for social housing has increased by 94 per cent in Westmeath in the past year alone, causing an “unprecedented crisis” as waiting lists soar.

The elected members of the Claremorris Electoral Area were told the high level of rent allowance given to people, compared to the cost of renting homes from the council, was deterring people from taking up offers from the council.

A review is to be carried out into the pay and display procedures in place in Ballinrobe and Claremorris.