Students Not Tourists

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Above from left: Cameron Keighron (NUIG Students Union VP/Education Officer) Clare Austick (SU President), Brandon Walsh (SU VP/Welfare & Equality Officer)

This afternoon.

NUI Galway Students’ Union are asking Galway homeowners “who rented rooms on platforms such as Airbnb to consider renting to students instead” following the introduction of new regulations for short-term letting in “rent pressure zones”.

Landlords can still rent out rooms in their homes to students tax-free up to a cap of €14,000 per annum under the Rent a Room Scheme.

President of NUI Galway Students’ Union Clare Austick said

“We are asking landlords to advertise their accommodation through our websitesASAP so that students can secure housing now rather than having to wait until the week before lectures begin.

This will provide steady tax-free income for homeowners and a home for NUI Galway students who contribute so much to the local economy. The lack of accommodation here in Galway City has become a serious issue putting access to education at risk for many students.

The option is also available to just rent a room for one semester to a visiting student if homeowners are unsure about getting into a long-term arrangement…”

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9 thoughts on “Students Not Tourists

  1. postmanpat

    Jesus! the youthful smile their faces! poor poor students. They don’t even know there’s no jobs in the future. I hope they don’t get to into to much debt.

  2. Pavel

    The rent a room scheme only applies to renting a room in your own home (PPR). The new AirBnB restrictions do not apply to short term lettings of rooms in your own PPR. So any home owner who was previously renting a room on AirBnB can continue to do so as long as they are living in the same house.

  3. Joe Small

    I’d never rent to Irish students. Most guys I went to college with trashed their flats/houses.

    1. Spaghetti Hoop

      +1. Some of them are filthy animals originating from homes which were dirtier than a pig sty. Add to that a disregard for someone’s property.

      1. Ciuncainteach

        I’ve lived with my share of messy lads, but I’ve also seen first hand the complete disregard that landlords have for the maintenance of their properties and the abysmal state that some of these properties are let in.

        I recall clearing a house between tenants for one former employer who was also a landlord. The house was serially damp and in violation of multiple regulations. I pointed out that some of the skirting was so rotted that it disintegrated on touch. He told me to cover it up by changing the location of the couch.

    2. Slightly Bemused

      I have considered renting out a room in my home, but these stories make me shy clear.

    3. Janet, I ate my avatar

      I genuinely think it’s cause they do feck all in their own homes before moving out, they haven’t a clue

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