Housing Agency Cost Rental — Management Agreements

Ireland Social & Affordable Housing Cost Rental Housing Agency Management Agreements Approved Housing Bodies

Overview

Draft and validate Management Agreements for Cost Rental housing providers in Ireland under the Housing Agency. Covers tenant eligibility, income-threshold wording, and alignment with Cost Rental (rent at least 25% below market). Complements cost_rental_auditor; includes tenant_eligibility_checker validation.

Example

You: We need a Management Agreement for our Cost Rental scheme with the Housing Agency. We’re an AHB and need clear tenant eligibility and income-threshold clauses.
Agent: I’ll draft the agreement using the skill’s structure: parties and definitions, scope and properties, tenant eligibility with net household income and Dublin/rest-of-country limits per Housing Agency guidelines, rent setting and compliance. (Produces draft.)
You: Run the tenant eligibility checker on the draft.
Agent: (Runs tenant_eligibility_checker on the agreement.) The checker reports all required elements present: income-threshold wording and Dublin/rest-of-country limits. It suggests adding optional wording for exclusion from social housing (HAP/RAS) and “no other property / resident in Ireland” if you want the clause to spell those out. I can add those and re-run.

Excerpt of a generated document

The agent produces Management Agreements with a structured Tenant eligibility section. The tenant_eligibility_checker report confirms that wording meets Housing Agency expectations.

Draft clause (excerpt):

### 3. Tenant eligibility

Eligibility for Cost Rental tenancies under this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with current Housing Agency eligibility limits. Applicants must have a net household income at or below the applicable income limit:

- **Dublin (including Greater Dublin Area):** net household income of €66,000 or less.
- **Rest of country:** net household income of €59,000 or less.

Applicants must not be in receipt of social housing support (Housing Assistance Payment or Rental Accommodation Scheme), must not own another residential property, and must be permanently resident in Ireland. The Provider shall verify eligibility at application and at such intervals as the Housing Agency may specify.

Validator report (excerpt):

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Cost Rental — Tenant Eligibility Wording Check
File: management_agreement.md
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[OK] Income threshold / net household income wording
[OK] Dublin / rest-of-country or reference to current limits
     Found: dublin, housing agency, €66,000, €59,000
[OK] Exclusion from social housing support (HAP/RAS)
[OK] Other eligibility (no other property, resident in Ireland)

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RESULT: PASSED — Required income-threshold and eligibility wording present.
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Extension tool and validations

tenant_eligibility_checker — Run on the Management Agreement or eligibility policy file after drafting or updating. It checks:

Check	Required	What it looks for
Income threshold / net household income	Yes	Wording such as “net household income”, “income limit”, “income threshold”, or “income eligibility”
Dublin / rest-of-country or current limits	Yes	“Dublin”, “rest of country”, “Housing Agency”, “current limits”, “eligibility limits”, or explicit figures (e.g. €66,000 / €59,000)
Exclusion from social housing (HAP/RAS)	No	“Social housing”, “HAP”, “RAS”, “not in receipt”, “not eligible for”
Other eligibility (no other property, resident in Ireland)	No	“No other property”, “not own”, “resident in Ireland”, “permanently resident”

If any required check fails, the report lists the missing elements so you can add or adjust wording and re-run.

Getting Started

Add your source materials (draft agreement, eligibility policy, or CREL terms) to the project workspace, then activate the Housing Agency Cost Rental — Management Agreements skill. The agent will draft or update Management Agreement clauses and validate tenant eligibility wording.