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Easy To Read Guide Social Housing Application Form 2

This document provides guidance on filling out an application form for social housing support. It explains that the form is used to apply to your local authority for social housing. It outlines the key information needed, including personal details, income information, additional documents required, and the purpose of each section of the 15-part application form. Instructions are provided on where to send the completed form and supporting documents. The checklist ensures all necessary information is included before submitting the application.

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Easy To Read Guide Social Housing Application Form 2

This document provides guidance on filling out an application form for social housing support. It explains that the form is used to apply to your local authority for social housing. It outlines the key information needed, including personal details, income information, additional documents required, and the purpose of each section of the 15-part application form. Instructions are provided on where to send the completed form and supporting documents. The checklist ensures all necessary information is included before submitting the application.

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Easy to Read Guide to

Filling in the Social Housing Support


Application Form
What is the form about?

This form is an application to your Local


Authority for social housing.

If you are having trouble filling in this form


you can contact the Housing Section of your
Local Authority or a Citizens Information
Centre.

It is important that you answer all the


questions that apply to you. You should write
n/a if the questions don’t apply to you.

Please write answers clearly.

You have to send in other documents with the


form. There is a checklist to help make sure
you remember everything. The form will not
go through unless everything is sent in.

Please take a copy of everything before you


send it into the Local Authority.

We may also ask you for more information at


a later time.

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What information do I include on the
form?

You will need to include all the Personal


Public Service Numbers (PPS) for everyone
who lives in your house who needs
housing.

If you don’t know a child’s PPS number,


you can get it by phoning or dropping into
the local Social Welfare Office in your area.

You must include information about your


income.

Income is any money you get from working


or from social welfare.

If you are working you can send in a P60


form, or 4 of your last 6 payslips.

If you are self-employed you must send in


at least 2 years of accounts or a P21
statement.

If you are getting a social welfare payment,


then you will need to include a statement
from the Department of Social Protection.

You can talk to your Local Authority about


this.

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What other information is needed?

If we think a person may be involved in


anti-social behaviour, we can ask other
agencies like the Gardaí.

If you change address or your income


changes you must let us know.

We might contact you at a later stage for


any other information that we need.

Where can I apply for social housing


support?

You can only apply to one Local Authority.

This Local Authority must be in the area


where you and your household usually
live.

The logo of the Local Authority for where


you would like to live will be on the front of
the application form.
You can apply to another area if someone
living in the house has a local connection
to that area.

A local connection is when someone


 used to live in an area for 5 years,

 works within 15km of the area,

 goes to school or college there,

 needs educational or health services


in that area, or

 has a relative living in the area for


more than 2 years.

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The Checklist:

The form has a checklist and this includes


all the extra information that must be
included.

You must remember to send a completed


checklist in or your form will not go
through.

All forms must include

 Photographic ID (passport or
drivers licence).

 Birth certificates for all people in the


house.

 PPS Numbers for all people in the


house who are applying for housing.

 Proof of address (like a bill).

 Proof of citizenship or leave to


remain in Ireland.

 Proof of income.

 A form from the Revenue


Commissioners/Employer/Social
Welfare may be at the end of the
form, it needs to be filled out by the
right office.

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The Checklist (continued)

If it applies to you, send in

 Marriage certificate.

 Proof of separation or divorce.

 Information about any property or land


you own or used to own.

 Proof of a connection with the local area


if you don’t live there.

 Letter from a Local Authority where you


previously lived.

 Proof of any medical condition or


disability, if that applies.

The form is in 15 parts and this is a


guide to those parts:

Part 1: Is about your details, like your


name, address and date of birth plus more.

If you are applying with your partner, they


will fill out the part of the form that says
“Applicant 2” all the way through the form.

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Part 2: Asks questions about where you
were born.

Part 3: Asks if you are married – tick the


box that applies.

Part 4: Asks about your work, if any.

Part 5: Asks about your income – from


social welfare or working.

Part 6: Asks about any other applicants


there might be.

Part 7: Asks about any medical condition or


disability that you might have. You might
have letters from doctors to attach.

Part 8: Asks about why you want to live in


the area you are applying for.

Part 9: Asks about where you live now.

Part 10: Asks about where you lived before.

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Part 11: Asks about any property or land you
might own. Put n/a in these boxes if these
questions don’t apply to you.

Part 12: Asks if you have ever been in trouble


with the Gardaí.

Part 13: Asks what kind of home you would


like.

Part 14: Asks where you would like to live –


you can pick 3 areas.

Part 15: This section is for you to add in any


other information you think might be useful
for your application.

At the end of the application form there is a


section for you to sign called a ‘Declaration’.
Read this carefully and sign it, if there is a
second applicant you should get them to sign
it too.

Where do I bring the form?


The form should be brought to the Customer
Care counter in the Local Authority Office.

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This Easy to Read Document was developed by Inclusion Ireland for
the Housing Agency. The document was proof-read by men and
women with disability.

Local Authority Details

“© European Easy-to-Read Logo: Inclusion Europe.


More information at www.easy-to-read.eu”.

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