Is housing really that bad or is it just another hyped up 'crisis'?

Try to read it again before you go too mad on the smiley faces.

I said that there is presumably a person who is getting a bit of help towards their rent, not the 1,300 of your example. I've never been on any social scheme but it wouldn't make sense that it would be a binary 0 or 1,300 Euro. I presume there is some assessment mechanism where some might get 100 Euro for example. The stats are that 50% of private renters get some help. I assume it is not 50% of private renters are getting the limits. (You can note I left a question mark in the original post too)

Landlords are getting rich. Why would they want the gravy train to come to a halt?

I am not the one with blinkers. It not an imaginary family on HAP, the majority of HAP rentals are family units, single parents with a couple of children or couples with children.

On the vacancy tax avoidance ( if they changed the present rules) using a child would probably not cause a CAT issue not a significant one anyway. The yearly gift tax allowance could cover the liability especially if the house was in both parents name. As for the issue of a divorce happen people seldom worry about sh!t until sh!t happens. People tend to worry about sorting present problem's not ''what ifs''.

I agree that rental issue is really bad. However the main issue is the regulatory changes over the last six years. 20k+ rental units have left the rental sector ( that the RTB figures the actual figures may be substantially more as there was a low level of registeration early on in it's history, a significant number may have exited that were never registered).

As well temporary rental where a house will be vacant short term is no longer advisable and .ore and more people are unwilling to rent such properties.

The problem with all the waffle above is that HAP has not increased in 6 years yet average rents have had double figures increases ( mainly down to rental properties with below market rents leaving the market). As well anecdotally I am hearing that in many cases HAP tenants are making up 50+% of actual rent. Because there is no increases in HAP with annual or biannual rent increases HAP tenants are paying these amounts.

All you are posting is a fairy tale.

You have to remember that DT is the master of the fairy tale.

Let's just assume that the Government did stop or reduce HAP by a substantial amount. Now mind DT has stated that LL can evict. What would happen is you would end up with a much lower occupancy in rentals if rents did drop. Now the HAP family unit would be competing against couples who previously may have lived in shared accomodation.

Line all the regulations over the last six years there has been side effects that have caused the present debacle.

But DT still believe that his fairy tales will work.

It's an idealogical barrier he has with LL, some previous boyfriend or girlfriend left him for a LL and he has a issue with them. It's to counseling he should go to for to get help with his issues

3000 annual gift from each parent to each child. It might not be too good for a RPZ house to be fixing the rental value at 6k per year ........................ that can be linked in too if they want to

You really need to give over on the paranoia and get over the victim mentality. Not everyone is out to get you because you have a cottage that you rent out. We can't design housing policy solely around that little house though.

The plan has to start somewhere. With a step in the right direction. As of now, all steps being taken are in the opposite direction. For as long as people in charge only care about the next step, and keep stepping away from where we should be going, things are only getting worse

Don't waste your time.

Yip. Back in early 00s, I was working in a major town in the midlands. I had my pick of houses/apartments/rooms to rent.

I moved once, no bother. Had a choice to choose from.

All my work colleagues were same. No problem finding a roof over their heads.

Again waffle technically you only need to rent them a single room you do not need to rent them the total house.

As I have explained before in relation to small LL the vacancy to tax is virtually unworkable.

It purely idealogical with you.

TBH anybody that think that politicians will solve there life problem are deluded.

Ya DT I left school very early like many of my generation. Anything I have I bough and paid for

Now I am just pointing out to you how people manage the system. There is nothing stopping you from renting two houses. The f@@king rental credit is less than a tenner a week. Often i. This situation the child may not be renting anyway.

All you solutions are unworkable the stick on LL backs over the last six years has only increased average rents, any radical vacancy tax will be no different. Even if it was bought in it would take 3-5 years to begin effecting the market.

You are waffling on about ineffective solutions.

It can get a lot worse than it currently is though. While I don't think Stephen Donnelly is great as minister for health, I would fear having David "up the ra" Cullinane in charge. I think Eoin O'Broin is a spoofer of the same type as Donnelly, someone who went to college and thinks they are an expert, without any experience. They are both new grads.

Do think the multi nationals use Daft?

People don't use it any more because they don't have to or want to.. Daft is the property equivalent of Donedeal, it attracts , loons, ne'er do wells and absolute time wasters.

I know of at least half a dozen properties rented in the past 2 months that no were near any website. Family, friends, friends of friends. Informal arrangements more than the sinister cash in hand, because when they want their property back they will get it back in roughly the same condition.

A member of our extended family has a large mixed property portfolio, the lets are managed by the estate agent but under no circumstances are they to be advertised publicly. Vouched clients with a proven history.

Too many people got burned by wrong uns.

Those aren't the landlords I was referring to.