What happens if I fall into rent arrears?
- Tenants who find themselves in arrears should not ignore the problem
- Arrears should be paid immediately
- If, it is not possible to pay arrears immediately, tenants should contact the rent arrears section as soon as possible by phoning 01-2054841 or via email rents@dlrcoco.ie to discuss a repayment plan.
- If a repayment plan is put in place to pay rent and arrears over a period of time, this agreement must be adhered to.
- Please note that if arrears persist, the Council may be forced to initiate legal proceedings to remove the tenant(s) from the property.
What happens if I have waste charge arrears with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council?
If your account is in arrears and you do not already have an agreement with the Council, please contact any member of the Waste Charges team at telephone (01) 205 4747 or e-mail charges@dlrcoco.ie to clear arrears or to set up a formal agreement to pay the arrears by instalment.
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What happens if I refuse an offer of accommodation?
If you refuse two offers of accommodation in a twelve month period, your position on the Social Housing Support List will be suspended for a period of twelve months. This period will not count for ‘time waiting’ purposes.
What happens if I refuse an offer of housing?
Should you refuse two offers of housing within a twelve month period your application will be suspended for twelve months. Your application will be re-activated after this period however this suspension will not count as time on the housing list. You will not be on the Council’s Housing List for the suspension period and will not have access to Choice Based Letting or eligible for any social housing support. Your entitlement to Supplementary Rent Allowance may also be affected .
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What happens if I refuse an offer of housing?
If you refuse an offer on a property that you have bid for on our Choice Based Letting system, you will be suspended from bidding for any other property for one year.
If you refuse two offers of housing in a year, your application will be suspended for a year and the suspension period will not count towards your time on the list.
What happens if I refuse an offer of housing?
What happens if I request a revision of rateable valuation?
A Valuer (called a Revision officer) from the Valuation Office will call to assess your property. Where possible the Revision Officer will make contact prior to the inspection to arrange an appointment. Once the property is inspected, the Revision Officer will send you a draft certificate containing the proposed valuation and other details of your property.
If you are unhappy with the valuation or other details on this draft certificate you may make representations to the Revision Officer within 28 day of the issuing of the draft certificate, see http://www.valoff.ie/en/
What happens if I request a revision of rateable valuation?
A Valuer (called a Revision officer) from the Valuation Office will call to assess your property. Where possible the Revision Officer will make contact prior to the inspection to arrange an appointment. Once the property is inspected, the Revision Officer will send you a draft certificate containing the proposed valuation and other details of your property.
If you are unhappy with the valuation or other details on this draft certificate you may make representations to the Revision Officer within 28 day of the issuing of the draft certificate, see http://www.valoff.ie/en/
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What happens if the tenant vacates the property? Do I still get paid?
Yes. However payments may be terminated in circumstances where a landlord is in breach of his/her obligations under the term of the lease
agreement.
What happens if there is a business within a home?
If it is not practicable to separately meter the non-domestic usage, a domestic allowance will be applied and deducted from the metered volume of water supplied.
What happens next?
The Chief Executive has prepared a report on submissions received during the public consultation period. This report has been furnished to the Office of the Planning Regulator, the Elected Members and the Minister.
The Elected Members will consider the proposed variation and the report of the Chief Executive at a Special Council meeting in April 2026.
Following consideration of the report the Elected Members can then make the variation, or they may refuse to make it.
If the Elected Members propose material alterations to the variation there will be a further 4-week public consultation period.
The variation will have immediate effect once it is made.