A Cavan Sinn Fein Councillor says the review of income levels for social housing needs to be changed.
Cllr Paddy McDonald brought a motion to the monthly Cavan County Council meeting yesterday calling on changes to be made to the current threshold for social housing.
According to the Sinn Fein local representative, currently the maximum earnings yearly for a single person is 25,000, for a couple ii is 26,250 euros and three adults living in the one house is 30,000 euros.
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The Cavan Councillor says it's ridiculous that if you had three adults living under the one roof all on social welfare they would not be entitled to be on the list for a social home.
He says these income limits haven't changed since 2011:
