56% of South Dublin Social housing in arrears

This is one of the reason private landlords have been used for housing social welfare recipients. The rent arrears to private landlords doesn't cost them anything and private citizens have to deal with it and absorb the costs. The councils also don't have to maintain the properties to the same standard as private rentals.

Direct payment from social welfare payments and/or deductions from wages like tax.

What is your solution to paying for social housing costs? Make everyone else pay.

"I'm sure many will resume payments upon receipt of legal letter" 🤣

They already are via 40% taxation on all rental income.

Why not from the trademen who push up the prices of building. Is 52% tax not high enough for landlords? How about REITs pay tax instead.

Just checking what is a scandalous profit and how much do you KNOW about a landlords profit margin?

Except for rents paid to investment funds, which don't pay income tax.

Aren't something like 85% of landlord owned properties owned by 'small time' landlords though? (ie 1-2 properties?)

So 'the scandalous profits being made by private landlords' as referred to by Fattybojanges would primarily be aimed at landlords who are actually paying a massive percentage of their rental income in tax, which would be going to social causes (ie, the very thing he wants the money to go to)

How many of the rentals do you think only have one resident living there and no other income? Means assessment set the rent at 10-15% of the household income if I recall. So your little calculation doesn't take into account the actual facts. The €55 is also the average so not 30% of their income if a single resident with one social welfare payment.

What has happened to the education system where people don't understand basic information like averages and percentages along with critical thinking.

f0cks sake, who let Paul Murphy in

Would you prefer if the private sector just let employees go rather than get assistance via the EWSS scheme?

Hospitality really need a leg up at the moment, would you rather they just fold?

The real issue seems to be that you've a bee in your bonnet for any private enterprise and actually want to live in some form of communist state.

So if companies pay more they will have staff? Then the cost of supplying services goes up and who pays for that?

I am assuming you think it just will be taken from profit margins and companies will continue on their way.

It could of course mean higher charges which you say are already are price gouging. Maybe less people will be willing to pay and the company doesn't just lose on profit margin but actually no longer getting enough income to operate. Of course when they close down everyone losses their job but at least they got a higher salary for a bit

I notice you avoid actually answering questions about who pays for what you think should happen.

Is there any news on the business rates arrears levels in SDCC? Last time I looked at Dublin City, business arrears were higher than rent arrears, and that was pre Covid.

The irony of you complaining about the "F**k you" mentality while wanting to turn your back on people fleeing wars.