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Midwest Radio - Public information event on Wednesday re grants, loans and schemes available to address dereliction and retrofitting property

Mayo information event on vacant properties to help tackle dereliction

Only 20 out of 76 home loan applications approved by Council in 2023

WITH only 20 of 76 home loan applications approved by the Council in 2023, councillors were this week blaming red tape and bureaucracy.

Local Authority Home Loan scheme clearly inadequate in West Kerry

Home loans provided by Kerry County Council to help first time buyers get on the property ladder are completely inadequate in West Kerry where spiralling prices have put homes beyond the reach of young couples. Local Authority Home Loans are provided by the Government to first time buyers to cover the cost of the purchase or build of a home. The properties can be new or second hand and each County Council has a limit for the market value of the house that can be financed. These range from €360,000 in Dublin and surrounding counties to a low of €275,000, which is the maximum property price that can be funded by a Council home loan in Kerry. However, according to figures released by the Property Price Register (PPR), it is several years since the average price of a house in West Kerry was €275,000 or less. In 2020 the average price of a home sold in Dingle was €285,296, and by the following year the figure increased to €305,158. Average house prices in West Kerry stabilised at

'Discriminates against single people': Readers share their experiences of govt housing schemes

Single people in particular reported feeling forgotten and left out of government supports.