56% of South Dublin Social housing in arrears

Oh no! You have it all figured out. How did you manage to see through our plan? Did you know our original plan was to sterilise people like you too? We decided instead to lower your IQ and make sure your could barely comprehend the real world. Guess that failed because you see through it all. At least we can rest easy knowing how deeply unhappy you are and blame everyone else. We have that at least🙄

Business / Commercial Rates arrears are believed to be horrendous even before Covid. Very hard to get stats due to waivers, covid etc but it's believed collection rates are as low as 30% in some local authority areas.

This article describes the situation as stable, I'd call it alarming 😉

Article May 2022.

Why not report her? If you know she's defrauding the taxpayer, of which you are one, then you can't complain about it if you willingly turn a blind eye to it.

Believed by who? The permanently gullible?

Over half being in arrears is way too many.

there needs to be a deterrent .

you accept the agreement, the payment arrangements it’s on you to meet them.

when my folks bought their first house they just did without holidays, had only a basic car, my Dad worked overtime in addition did nixers teaching a trade as he was firstly a very skilled tradesman in those days….still is…but he took responsibility, put the shoulder to the wheel… that’s very unfashionable now though, personal responsibility not having been in fashion since about 2012…. Everyone else will sort it for ya.

If you choose not to report her, you're as bad as she is.

...or worse!!! 👻

I'd love to be paying 55 a week on rent

Once you are unhappy/angry I am happy.

Your racist clap trap of replacement theory and fear of "others" is very clear. You blame the government but I am sure you are outwardly hostile to non native Irish.

Basic maths is all you are capable of which is your problem. Immigration is needed because we need people with more than basic maths. If you were capable of doing the work of the immigrates in the IT field it wouldn't be needed. If on the other hand an uneducated immigrant can come in and do your job you wasted your opportunity from the education offered here.

I grew up around people like you who blame the government for everything and don't take personal responsibility. They are all angry like you and I don't care how you feel because I do want you and your ilk stamped out from society because you are a social drag of hate and anger with little value.

I just hope you don't have children to spread your hate to

If you actually read my post, I referred to the Usual Cohorts spouting the same SW bashing claptrap across boards and Threads using their obvious prejudices to Labour points that have little to do with Thread Topics.

Social housing is offered to numerous cohorts, Families or single parents with Children, Low income families or single people, Those on waiting lists for years etc. There are many, many working and low income families in SH, not just SW recipients, as some would have us believe,

Rents are based on Income, to SUGGEST every SH tenant either gets free housing, Pays a pittance in rent is absurd.

And just to be very very clear, I have absolutely little regard or time for those who fail to pay their rent, particularly when that rent is low, I'll give some understanding because of recent cost ofl living crisis but sustained, historical and deliberate none payment of rent is outrageous and disgraceful and absolutely local authorities need to start taking firm action.

No matter what way you spin it housing subsidy and council housing is social welfare by the state. Because we have a department called Department of Social Protection at present (name changes quite regularly) people think all social welfare schemes go through them. This does not mean housing subsidy is not a social welfare scheme. HSE administrate it the same way DSP administrate the medical cards they remain social welfare programs. For the good of society.

Anybody with subsidies housing or a council house are receiving social welfare whether you like it or not. Why you are excusing any of them for not paying a vastly reduced rent is beyond me. There is no arears equal to SW nor SH there is just arrears from those being subsidised as a social welfare program not paying their rent. I have dealt with this as a landlord and working in DSP. Tenat gets a cheque cashes it and doesn't pay rent is very common. The difference here is it is the councils not getting paid. How complex do you think arrears are to get to a €20k stage?

Hmmmm, I suppose your proving my point, but security of Tenure 🤔 perhaps you can explain that to the 100"s of people facing evictions monthly and for reasons that have nothing to do with Rent Arrears.

No doubting Government housing policy over many years is a shambles but what exactly are the solutions. Shut down social housing, stop HAP payments, perhaps create industrial size Tent Cities.

I don't pretend to know what the solutions are but I do know that aside from a very small cohort of individuals who deliberately avoid paying rent, there's numerous factors at play that may affects thousands of households ability to pay or cover rents, mortgages fully and its not new a new phenomenon.

And I whole heartily agree and have pointed out I've little time for the small percentage of those who avoid or pay rent in SH, it's actually OUTRAGEOUS.

Nail on head and also why local authorities run shy now of great building programmes for social housing. The likes of the campaigns against bin charges and water charges only reinforce the strategy to privatise. And the same people who led those campaigns and others are the ones bleating now about councils not providing services. The chickens tend to come home to roost.