# rent-supplement - Friday 19 February, 2021
# Rent Supplement
# Rent Supplement
Rent supplement can be provided for an initial three-month period and the usual means test does not apply.
# rent-supplement - Sunday 14 June, 2020
# Social Welfare
# Social Welfare
The government announced the changes to the eligibility for the payment today.
# rent-supplement - Monday 8 June, 2020
# Social Welfare
# Social Welfare
The number of households on the payment has risen by 5,136 since mid-March.
# rent-supplement - Monday 25 May, 2020
# Social Welfare
# Social Welfare
Housing groups have warned that Ireland could see a rise in evictions as a result of the crisis.
# rent-supplement - Wednesday 6 May, 2020
# The Other Crisis
# The Other Crisis
There has been a 15% increase in the number of people receiving Rent Supplement since Covid-19 restrictions began.
# rent-supplement - Wednesday 20 March, 2019
# Discrimination
# Discrimination
The woman said she was given notice to quit the property two days after informing the landlord she applied for rent supplement.
# rent-supplement - Monday 4 March, 2019
# Housing
# Housing
That’s according to a study conducted by the Simon Communities of Ireland.
# rent-supplement - Tuesday 22 January, 2019
# Rent Dispute
# Rent Dispute
The case was brought before the Workplace Relations Commission.
# rent-supplement - Thursday 16 August, 2018
# Housing
# Housing
That’s according to a study conducted by the Simon Communities.
# rent-supplement - Monday 26 December, 2016
# rent-supplement - Wednesday 5 October, 2016
# Out Of Reach
# Out Of Reach
It found that there were 518 properties to rent over the snapshot period in ten locations.
# rent-supplement - Tuesday 28 June, 2016
# On The Up
# On The Up
The announcement was made in Dublin Castle this morning.
# rent-supplement - Sunday 12 June, 2016
# Sunday Interview
# Sunday Interview
The former Tánaiste talks abortion, rent supplement and why women have to be tough to be in Irish politics.
# rent-supplement - Saturday 12 December, 2015
# Close To The Brink
# Close To The Brink
One charity is asking them to consider it.
# rent-supplement - Saturday 7 November, 2015
# Breakdown
# Breakdown
The number of recipients in Dublin makes up over a third of the overall number of people using the scheme.
# rent-supplement - Wednesday 1 July, 2015
# Nothing Goin On
# Nothing Goin On
Two landlords had criminal proceedings brought against them.
# rent-supplement - Saturday 21 February, 2015
# Prime Numbers
# Prime Numbers
Plus: How long were the water charge protesters jailed for?
# rent-supplement - Monday 19 January, 2015
# Housing Crisis
# Housing Crisis
Experts say tenants on rent supplement are often afraid to speak up about issues to landlords as they have nowhere else to go.
# rent-supplement - Sunday 4 January, 2015
# Housing
# Housing
This was distributed among 71,800 recipients.
# rent-supplement - Saturday 29 November, 2014
# Housing Crisis
# Housing Crisis
The number of recipients has dropped by 15,000 since 2012.
# rent-supplement - Sunday 5 October, 2014
# Budget 2015
# Budget 2015
Focus Ireland is calling for an ‘immediate’ increase in rent supplement in Budget 2015.
# rent-supplement - Wednesday 1 October, 2014
# Homeless Ireland
# Homeless Ireland
“It’s terrifying knowing I will be homeless in three months”
# rent-supplement - Wednesday 23 July, 2014
# Homeless Crisis
# Homeless Crisis
Focus Ireland helped 10,000 people last year who were on the streets or at risk of becoming homeless.
# rent-supplement - Sunday 6 July, 2014
# Social Welfare
# Social Welfare
Outside of Dublin, Wexford has the highest concentration.
# rent-supplement - Monday 16 June, 2014
# Ain't Nothing Going On
# Ain't Nothing Going On
The Department of Social Protection says the ban doesn’t affect those already in receipt of the payment.
# rent-supplement - Wednesday 11 June, 2014
# Signing Off
# Signing Off
Think tank the ESRI has found that for those who, on a “snapshot” basis, would be “better off on the dole” tend to choose employment instead.
# rent-supplement - Wednesday 26 February, 2014
# Rent Supplement
# Rent Supplement
Minister Burton told the family to ‘think anew about your family’s many needs’ and how they can be met within the housing market as it exists at the moment.
# rent-supplement - Friday 10 January, 2014
# Rent
# Rent
Tomas Ronan, from Kilcock, had refused to recognise the authority of the Private Residential Tenancies Board.
# rent-supplement - Wednesday 5 June, 2013
# Rent Supplement
# Rent Supplement
Joan Burton is changing the maximum rent limits for rent supplement, which will raise some limits but reduce many others.
# rent-supplement - Tuesday 6 November, 2012
# Homelessness
# Homelessness
Focus Ireland says successive cuts to rent supplement limits are forcing people into such debt that they’re becoming homeless.
# rent-supplement - Friday 21 September, 2012
# Opinion
# Opinion
Almost 4,000 people are homeless in Ireland. Joyce Loughnan of Focus Ireland outlines what we need to do.
# rent-supplement - Saturday 11 August, 2012
# Rent Allowance
# Rent Allowance
A Dublin TD is calling the situation a ‘scandal’.
# rent-supplement - Friday 27 July, 2012
# Opinion
# Opinion
Cuts to rent supplement are forcing people to make impossible choices, writes Bob Jordan of Threshold.
# rent-supplement - Friday 18 May, 2012
# Opinion
# Opinion
One in five children go to bed hungry, yet State safety nets are actually being taken away, writes Sr Stanislaus Kennedy.
# rent-supplement - Monday 16 January, 2012
# Rent Supplement
# Rent Supplement
The Irish Property Owners’ Association says planned cuts to rent supplement could also put mortgages into default.
# rent-supplement - Monday 5 December, 2011
# Opinion
# Opinion
There’s an unpleasant undercurrent in Ireland that distrusts people on state assistance, writes Lisa McInerney. But it’s short-sighted, unfair and snobbish.
# rent-supplement - Wednesday 30 November, 2011
# Opinion
# Opinion
Through rent supplement the Government pays for an enormous amount of housing, writes Ronan Lyons. So why isn’t it using that to our advantage?
# rent-supplement - Monday 29 August, 2011
# Mortgages
# Mortgages
Pressure grows for a general debt amnesty as new Central Bank figures show 7.2 per cent of mortgages to be in arrears.
# Mortgages
# Mortgages
The number of people receiving the Mortgage Interest Supplement is almost 2.5 times higher now than it was in 2008.
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