Criteria for
Applicants
In order for older Irish born emigrants to access Housing
Association properties for the older person in Ireland they
no longer have to satisfy the condition that they are
included or have been accepted for inclusion in the local
authority assessment of housing need.
Instead the following
criteria will apply:
Applicants have to be included on the Safe-Home waiting
list and assessed by the Programme.
They must be close to or over 60 years of age and
returning to their county of origin or a county where they
have strong verifiable links.
They must currently be living in either existing social
housing (e.g. local authority, housing association etc) or
private rented accommodation in their country of residence,
and
Their circumstances must be such that they could not
provide suitable accommodation for themselves out of their
own resources on their return.
Application
Process
If you fulfil the criteria outlined above, the first step
in the process is to contact us for
an application form and information pack.
Once we receive the completed paperwork from you, your
application will be processed and you will be included on
our waiting list.
Safe Home does not manage or build any properties of our
own. We operate on a referral basis between our applicants
and Housing Associations for older people throughout the
country.
In our experience Housing Associations that we deal with
will generally only consider applications from individuals
originally from their area or having a close link with their
area.
Where Housing Associations are willing to consider
applications from returning emigrants, we will send out an
information sheet (click below for
samples) on the scheme to qualifying applicants on
our list. On receipt of the information sheet (if an
applicant is interested in being considered for a property)
we will refer their details on to the Housing Association
for consideration. Most Housing Associations will require
applicants to travel for interview.
The final decision on who is allocated a property lies
with the Housing Association.
Samples of
Housing Associations
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