Lorcan Sirr: l’inquilino di autorità locale media paga solo € 77 affitto a settimana. Che potrebbe dover sollevarsi
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/09/03/lorcan-sirr-average-local-authority-tenant-pays-just-77-rent-per-week-that-may-have-to-rise/
di HugoFitzroyGallagher
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Getting tenants to pay rents in the first place would be a great start. DCC have 234 tenants with over €19k in arrears
https://m.independent.ie/regionals/dublin/dublin-news/dublin-city-council-reveals-704-tenants-owe-more-than-11k-in-rent-arrears/a1435452009.html
Personally I would like to see rents linked to the BER of the property. If you are renting a nice new energy efficient house, you should pay a lot more than someone who isn’t due to the extra cost of the making it energy efficient in the first place
Students pay double that to live in someone else’s home for half the time
Love spending 1k on a bedroom in a shared house while people spending 200 quid for a 4 bedroom house complain they can’t afford it
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Yes private rents are high. That’s not the fault if people living under local authority. It’s cheaper because these are low (or supposed to be) income families.
I think the rent should be the same percentage regardless of where you live. I never understand why Dublin council has the lowest rents in the country. Wexford charges 24%. I think Dublin is around 15%. If they are getting the same amount of social welfare, the rent should be the same across the country. I also disagree with the sale of houses heavily discounted that are not on Council Estates. One off houses bought by the council on private estates where neighbours paid full price should not be sold at 60% discount.
If you’re middle income and grow up in a certain area you’re just expected to move when you want o buy a home and live in a commuter town or whatever. If you’re in social housing you’ll have a massive lobby saying you are entitled to discounted housing where you grew up.
Of course the original sin here is that we just don’t build enough homes.
They are fleecing the system, their rents are the same as they were in the early 90’s and still can’t be bothered paying the rent. It’s a slap in the face of the people paying taxes and subsidising their lifestyle.
Easy step one, end the discounted “right to buy” nonsense. It was a dumb populist policy brought in by thatcher and frankly I’m shocked it still exists. Step 2 is work out what rent covers the maintenance cost and add 10% as a buffer that can be used to fund more social housing. In the case of dublin city council, rents are 61% of the costs so the average rent of 77€ per week should go to 126€ and then +10% to 148€. Still leaves you with 100€ per week if a single person on social welfare with no other payments which is survivable.
2 steps and suddenly we have sustainable social housing.
>just 70 per cent of Dublin City Council tenants are compliant in paying rent, and we don’t know why. Some 470 tenants are in serious arrears owing more than €11,000 each and another 234 owe more than €19,000 each.
kick them OUT ta fuck then and give it to someone compliant