Households earning well in excess of €100,000 a year will be eligible for cost-rental schemes under reforms being considered as the Government scrambles to address the rental crisis HousingCrisis EvictionBan
Expanding cost-rental and State-backed tenancies is a significant part of the Government’s effort to address the rental crisis, including for tenants who do not qualify for subsidies.
Sinn Féin housing spokesman Eoin Ó Broin said the evictions figure was “staggering” and they suggested 10,000 people were facing homelessness. Sinn Féin will increase the pressure on Government backbenchers with a Dáil motion on the issue when the Oireachtas reconvenes after the St Patrick’s Day break.
With senior sources adamant there will be no reversal, work is under way on so-called “first refusal” legislation. Drafts of the new rules suggest tenants would have to indicate they want to make an offer on their home within 14 days of their landlord announcing it is being sold. If the offer is rejected and the landlord later achieves a lower price, they will have to offer it to their tenant again. The legislation is expected after Easter.
A circular sent to local authorities last week by the Department of Housing outlined that RTB data “indicates a large number of landlords intend to leave the market, with a large proportion of the notices of termination issued due to the landlord’s intention to leave the market”.
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