OWNERS of vacant houses in Cork city will be given up to €30,000 in a multi-million euro “repair and lease” project to bring the properties up to standard to rent to vulnerable people.
Minister for Housing Simon Coveney. Pic: Diane Cusack
Minister for Housing Simon Coveney revealed to the Evening Echo that hundreds of properties around Cork would be targeted for the new scheme, which would be administered by the likes of Cork Simon, Focus Ireland and other approved bodies. The scheme would see owners of vacant and dilapidated properties given €30,000 — and possibly even more if the scheme is successful — to do up their houses in exchange for signing a medium-to-long term lease that would then see tenants housed.
Mr Coveney said: “We are willing to spend millions on the project in Cork if needs be. It is a win-win for everyone concerned. Most importantly people are housed, but also those who have houses lying idle will have them brought back into use. There are hundreds of such properties in Cork. It is already happening in Carlow and Waterford under the local authority, but we want the likes of Cork Simon and Focus Ireland to run the scheme in Cork.”
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