Tenants face rent hikes over vandalism of homes

ROGUE tenants who deliberately vandalise council houses in the West Cork region are set to face increased rental charges as the county council seeks to recoup money for repairs.

Assistant county manager Theresa White has confirmed that she is looking at introducing penalties for those who deliberately damage their rented homes. She stressed that in some cases she’d come across damage that had amounted to over €10,000.

Ms White made her comments yesterday, just 24 hours after a council pre-budget meeting heard that 28 local authority houses were vacant in the region and some had been deliberately damaged.