Lorcan SIRR: Der durchschnittliche Mieter der örtlichen Behörde zahlt nur 77 € Miete pro Woche. Das muss möglicherweise steigen
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/09/03/lorcan-sirr-average-local-authority-tenant-pays-just-77-rent-per-week-that-may-have-to-rise/
Von HugoFitzroyGallagher
8 Kommentare
Getting tenants to pay rents in the first place would be a great start. DCC have 234 tenants with over €19k in arrears
https://m.independent.ie/regionals/dublin/dublin-news/dublin-city-council-reveals-704-tenants-owe-more-than-11k-in-rent-arrears/a1435452009.html
Personally I would like to see rents linked to the BER of the property. If you are renting a nice new energy efficient house, you should pay a lot more than someone who isn’t due to the extra cost of the making it energy efficient in the first place
Students pay double that to live in someone else’s home for half the time
Love spending 1k on a bedroom in a shared house while people spending 200 quid for a 4 bedroom house complain they can’t afford it
I’m suprised, 77 a week is a lot for people living off 800/900 quid a month. Or am I missing something ?
Yes private rents are high. That’s not the fault if people living under local authority. It’s cheaper because these are low (or supposed to be) income families.
I think the rent should be the same percentage regardless of where you live. I never understand why Dublin council has the lowest rents in the country. Wexford charges 24%. I think Dublin is around 15%. If they are getting the same amount of social welfare, the rent should be the same across the country. I also disagree with the sale of houses heavily discounted that are not on Council Estates. One off houses bought by the council on private estates where neighbours paid full price should not be sold at 60% discount.
If you’re middle income and grow up in a certain area you’re just expected to move when you want o buy a home and live in a commuter town or whatever. If you’re in social housing you’ll have a massive lobby saying you are entitled to discounted housing where you grew up.
Of course the original sin here is that we just don’t build enough homes.
They are fleecing the system, their rents are the same as they were in the early 90’s and still can’t be bothered paying the rent. It’s a slap in the face of the people paying taxes and subsidising their lifestyle.