The Mortgage to Rent (MTR) scheme is a government scheme to help homeowners who are at risk of losing their homes due to mortgage arrears. It lets homeowners in mortgage difficulty switch from owning their home to renting their home as social housing tenants. The scheme is overseen by the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and is administered by the Housing Agency.
It will take a bit of time and effort, but switching your mortgage could save you a lot of money in the long-term.
Last year, just 15.5% of people made the switch, according to figures from the Banking and Payments Federation Ireland.
As part of the measures to help address pressures in the private housing rental market, new planning legislative reforms to regulate the short term letting sector - as provided for in the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019 and supplementary regulations made by the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government entitled the Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 - are due to come into effect on 1 July 2019.
Sell or Lease Your Property
Limerick City and County Council are interested in purchasing and leasing vacant properties and sites in Limerick city and county with a view to achieving social housing targets set out under Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness.
Leasing or selling residential property to Clare County Council
Expressions of Interest – Housing Provision
Want to sell your property to Dublin City Council? Next steps...
A Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan is a new Government backed mortgage for first time buyers. It is available nationwide from all local authorities from 1st February 2018.
As a first time buyer you can apply for a Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan to purchase a new or second-hand property, or to build your own home.
Innovative Smart Ageing Solution
An innovative new scheme for older homeowners to reconfigure their family-sized homes, creating a new rental unit within the house.
If you buy a property in Ireland there are certain taxes that you will have to pay. In this section you will find information about these taxes and the reliefs that may be available to you.
When you sell a house, you may have to pay Capital Gains Tax (CGT) on the proceeds of the sale. If that house is your only or main home, you may be able to claim Principal Private Residence (PPR) Relief. With PPR Relief, you will not have to pay any CGT on the sale.
The Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF) is a key element of Pillar 3 of Rebuilding Ireland: An Action Plan for Housing & Homelessness. The objective of the fund is to provide public off-site infrastructure to relieve critical infrastructure blockages.
Summary
The Help to Buy incentive is designed to assist first-time buyers with obtaining the deposit required to purchase or self-build a new house or apartment to live in as their home.
Rent Predictability Measures were new provisions enacted under the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 (the “2016 Act”) that are intended to moderate the rise in rents in the parts of the country where rents are highest and rising and where households have greatest difficulties in finding accommodation they can afford.
Designed to accelerate housing supply in this country, Rebuilding Ireland is tackling our country’s housing shortage. This action-driven plan will result in a dramatic increase in the delivery of homes nationwide. Ambitious and imaginative in its reach, and radical in its approach, this plan will address the needs of homeless people and families in emergency accommodation, accelerate the provision of social housing, deliver more housing, utilise vacant homes and improve the rental sector.