More transparency needed regarding vacant council homes
Calls are being made for more transparency regarding the number of vacant council houses in the North West. It emerged earlier this week that there were 216 empty council homes in the north west at the end of the first six months of this year. Sligo had 25, Leitrim had…
Leitrim Councillor questions decision to force owners of vacant homes pay higher property Tax
With ongoing attempts continuing to be made to solve the housing crisis it now seems that those who own a second property that is vacant will be forced to pay three times the property tax rate on it. The new tax will target 60,000 properties across Ireland and it…
Vacant housing issue in Donegal raised in the Dáil
The vacant housing situation in Donegal has been described as a shocking failure by the government. That’s according to Donegal Sinn Féin TD Padraig MacLochlainn, who was speaking in the Dáil on a motion on vacant housing. Deputy MacLochlainn also raised the issue of a vacant homes officer in Donegal,…