Pagamento per gli ospiti degli ucraini in fuga da guerra da tagliare
https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0325/1503839-cabinet-ukraine/
di Jon_J_
Pagamento per gli ospiti degli ucraini in fuga da guerra da tagliare
https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0325/1503839-cabinet-ukraine/
di Jon_J_
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This is very disappointing as it’s going to force people to start evicting Ukrainians out of their homes, so many are reliant on the ARP from the government to host people in their homes.
Simon Harris just last week talked about how proud he was of how much we’ve done for the Ukrainians and that we’ll do more, then in the next breath the government cuts the payment.
Make it make sense!
As I understand, this is still under review:
[https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/plan-to-cut-ukrainian-refugee-payment-by-200-a-month-to-be-delayed-as-government-evaluates-impact-on-housing-market/a1568827502.html](https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/plan-to-cut-ukrainian-refugee-payment-by-200-a-month-to-be-delayed-as-government-evaluates-impact-on-housing-market/a1568827502.html)
While I acknowledge the payment is very high and getting abused by many households who don’t need it jsut cutting it is a poor approach.
Many Ukrainians in households are working and contributing to the household nowadays. But there are also new arrivals as previously safe areas come under more attack (Border region near Belgorod in the past week for example) and there are some who are hear but cannot work for one reason or another (new mother, disability etc).
I think a better way is something like the first 6 months a household get the full payment, then they can provide evidence if the refugee cannot work the payment stays full but if they are eligible to and in work the payment can be reduced but there should still be some payment to the home owner each month for inviting someone into their home to help the state house people.
Hard to see find a good analysis of this. I get that the argument to reduce this is linked to the wider housing crisis and the idea that this creates an unlevel playing field between groups seeking accommodation but what i haven’t seen is any assessmemt of how many hosts would/have provided rental accommodation otherwise.
Speaking for myself I’ve been hosting since 2022. We started before the payment existed and will continue after. I had never considered renting out my spare room ever. After this is over I doubt i ever will. I did this in response to the war. Id like to see how many other hosts are in the same situation. I think this would help assess whether it will have any impact on the rental market or not.
I also think some comparison with the nightly rates per person in the hotel/guesthouse/accommodation centres. I also viewed this scheme as saving the gov money as the hotels were pulling in on average €80 or so a night per person versus the €400 and then €800 per month per household. I assumed every host saved the state 1000s per month. Seems revelant to the decision to reduce. Maybe the cost to the state has improved for the alternatives but i doubt it.