Local authority dealing with housing crisis shocker, by sourcing decent accommodation, and guaranteeing payment to landlords. Someone, quick, alert the elders!
scottser
RAS is facing a bit of a crisis with landlords pulling out of contracts all the time. it’s a good deal for landlords as it eliminates a lot of risk with bad tenants and opens the way for housing supports to be put in place if the tenants are having problems to sustain the tenancy. it also leaves no need for landlords to seek loads of personal information from the tenant in terms of lifestyle, family plans, employment details etc, which are none of the landlords business.
Nikkeboentje
I wish more local authorities did this. I am sure landlord would much prefer to have a tenancy agreement with a local authority rather than an individual.
Soundings
And I’m sure tenant would prefer a home which was given the once over by the standards people at the local authority. Win, win, I would have thought and at least a council is grasping the nettle of the housing crisis and doing something about it. Who is losing in the above, as suggested by “FIGHT”?
Nikkeboentje
+1
Spaghetti Hoop
They do and have been doing this for some years. DCC offer 80% of market rent and manage the tenancy.
nikki -all local authorities offer RAS, it’s considered a form of social housing alongside normal council dwellings and voluntary housing.
Jonotti
Pity the private tenants having to pay higher prices for places due to diminished rental supply. The kicker is that they are also paying for these local authority rentals.
gertrude
Jonotti, you shouldn’t think about any of these things, it’s bad for your mental health.
scottser
you are considered RAS eligible if you’ve been living in the property for 18 months and the landlord agrees to an ‘in-situ’ arrangement. tenant must be on the housing list though.
Christopher
Yes, lets pump more money into private landlords instead of using all the empty stock in NAMA (ie that the government OWNS) to ease the TEMPORARY housing “crisis”. Such utter utter BS.
Gavin
Dont think there’s a lot of empty residential stock in NAMA (ie that the government OWNS) in Dublin. Its mostly offices as far as I can see.
Buzz
There’s Elmfield in Sandyford for starters. Lovely looking development lying idle.
Wayne.F
Christopher, the problem is there is not a whole lot of empty stock NAMA housing in the Fingal council catchment area!
scottser
not all NAMA property is up to scratch and fit for letting. the government were making noises about releasing a few thousand properties to local authorities but few enough have come on stream due to standards problems. pretty much most of what was built in the last 10-15 years was thrown up as cheaply as possible.
Kieran NYC
NAMA’s primary mission isn’t to become a landlord though. It is to sell the property at a good enough price to get some money back for the taxpayer (or more likely – minimize losses).
Local authority dealing with housing crisis shocker, by sourcing decent accommodation, and guaranteeing payment to landlords. Someone, quick, alert the elders!
RAS is facing a bit of a crisis with landlords pulling out of contracts all the time. it’s a good deal for landlords as it eliminates a lot of risk with bad tenants and opens the way for housing supports to be put in place if the tenants are having problems to sustain the tenancy. it also leaves no need for landlords to seek loads of personal information from the tenant in terms of lifestyle, family plans, employment details etc, which are none of the landlords business.
I wish more local authorities did this. I am sure landlord would much prefer to have a tenancy agreement with a local authority rather than an individual.
And I’m sure tenant would prefer a home which was given the once over by the standards people at the local authority. Win, win, I would have thought and at least a council is grasping the nettle of the housing crisis and doing something about it. Who is losing in the above, as suggested by “FIGHT”?
+1
They do and have been doing this for some years. DCC offer 80% of market rent and manage the tenancy.
Yep, they’ve all being doing this for years.
http://www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-services-housing/rental-accommodation-scheme
nikki -all local authorities offer RAS, it’s considered a form of social housing alongside normal council dwellings and voluntary housing.
Pity the private tenants having to pay higher prices for places due to diminished rental supply. The kicker is that they are also paying for these local authority rentals.
Jonotti, you shouldn’t think about any of these things, it’s bad for your mental health.
you are considered RAS eligible if you’ve been living in the property for 18 months and the landlord agrees to an ‘in-situ’ arrangement. tenant must be on the housing list though.
Yes, lets pump more money into private landlords instead of using all the empty stock in NAMA (ie that the government OWNS) to ease the TEMPORARY housing “crisis”. Such utter utter BS.
Dont think there’s a lot of empty residential stock in NAMA (ie that the government OWNS) in Dublin. Its mostly offices as far as I can see.
There’s Elmfield in Sandyford for starters. Lovely looking development lying idle.
Christopher, the problem is there is not a whole lot of empty stock NAMA housing in the Fingal council catchment area!
not all NAMA property is up to scratch and fit for letting. the government were making noises about releasing a few thousand properties to local authorities but few enough have come on stream due to standards problems. pretty much most of what was built in the last 10-15 years was thrown up as cheaply as possible.
NAMA’s primary mission isn’t to become a landlord though. It is to sell the property at a good enough price to get some money back for the taxpayer (or more likely – minimize losses).