Rental Accommodation Scheme

Enhanced tax relief for landlords who rent to social tenants available from today

Landlords who rent to social housing tenants will from today be entitled to enhanced tax reliefs. The new scheme will allow property owners who rent to tenants in receipt of rent supplement or the housing assistance payment (HAP) to claim 100 per cent relief on…

State to spend €10m on ghost estates

Building, General, Home, Mortgages & Money, Property News

The Government is to pump €10m into a ghost estate scheme so that developers will be more inclined to buy the unfinished homes. The money will be used to pay for public works such as footpaths, drainage, and roads on estates without a developer bond.…

Ellis hits out at government's social housing policy

General, Home, Property News

Sinn Féin housing spokesperson, Dessie Ellis TD has described the government’s response to the shortage in social housing as nothing more than a charade. He made his comments during a Dáil debate on a Sinn Fein motion tabled by Deputy Ellis dealing with social housing…

Housing Charity calls for radical reform of rent supplement

Property News

Ireland’s leading housing charity Respond! is calling for radical changes to be made to rent supplement as the cost of the scheme has increased dramatically in the past number of years. Respond! Housing Association contends that rent supplement is an inefficient use of state resources…