Plans to bring more homes back into the rental market with incentives for nursing home residents have failed to deliver. Figures made available to Sinn Féin housing spokesman Eoin Ó Broin show that just 207 homes of nursing home residents availing of Fair Deal State support for their nursing home care are being rented out in their absence. That is a long way from the 5,000 homes the then government had hoped would be freed up when it started liberalising the regime on renting homes under Fair Deal back in 2022. Rental income was still liable for income tax and USC as it would be for any other landlord. In response to a parliamentary question from Ó Broin, the HSE has disclosed the 207 family homes of Fair Deal nursing home residents “are recorded as being rented as at 31st December 2025″.

Source: The Irish Times February 04, 2026 15:31 UTC