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  • 05-08-2010 12:49pm
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    Mental Mickey
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    Can you rent a property(from South Dublin County Council)and have it adapted to suit your needs(I'm a disabled person)?? I came in contact - through work - with someone who also had a disability and is currently renting a property and got it adapted to suit his needs.....??


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    JuliusCaesar
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    Yes. Whether you're a council tenant or in your own property, an OT (occupational therapist) can assess your residence and make recommendations to have it adapted for you. Not sure if it's means-tested, or if CC or HSE pay. Welfare forum might have better knowledge or LongTermIllness forum.


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    Mental Mickey
    Registered Users Posts: 10,642 ✭✭✭✭Mental Mickey


    Really? I just spoke to someone in SDCC - Property Path - and this person informed that it can't be done this way. That you can only buy Affordable Housing?


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    JuliusCaesar
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    Yes, Affordable Housing is for sale (not for rent).

    Are you saying you are not already a Council tenant? You'd have to be a CC tenant first and then get the adaptations made. Where do you live now?


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    Mental Mickey
    Registered Users Posts: 10,642 ✭✭✭✭Mental Mickey


    JuliusCaesar wrote: »
    Yes, Affordable Housing is for sale (not for rent).

    Are you saying you are not already a Council tenant? You'd have to be a CC tenant first and then get the adaptations made. Where do you live now?

    I live with my parents, brother & sister in a privately owned house.


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    Riskymove
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    Mental Mickey wrote: »
    I live with my parents, brother & sister in a privately owned house.

    to clarify


    1
    do you and your family live in a rented house?

    or is it owned by your family?



    2
    is your plan to adapt the home you are living in or to rent another house and adapt that?


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    Mental Mickey
    Registered Users Posts: 10,642 ✭✭✭✭Mental Mickey


    Riskymove wrote: »
    to clarify


    1
    do you and your family live in a rented house?

    or is it owned by your family?



    2
    is your plan to adapt the home you are living in or to rent another house and adapt that?



    1. No - the house is privately owned.

    2. I am to eventually live on my own - in a property that suits my needs.


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    Riskymove
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    Mental Mickey wrote: »
    1. No - the house is privately owned.

    yes i got that but now its clear its privately owned by your family as oppossed to rented from soemone else

    I wondered if this was about adapting that house...but
    2. I am to eventually live on my own - in a property that suits my needs.

    this shows otherwise

    it may be possible for you to adapt a home you rented from someone but i presume they would have to be in agreement

    the more likely option is to be allocated an adapted home through a local authority


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