The Government has set aside €140 million to secure 3,500 of the State’s 183,000 vacant homes for social housing by 2021 under the scheme. However, so far, just nine property owners have completed deals nationally, and just one has had their house rented to a tenant in Dublin. Refurbishment of the houses is expected to take two to six months, before they can be made available to social housing tenants. “The repair and lease scheme in its first iteration didn’t deliver as we thought it might. “We are absolutely delighted to get our first repair and lease property over the line, and we promise that this will be the first of many.

Source: The Irish Times May 25, 2018 14:05 UTC