€55m extra in rent subsidy will 'simply line the pockets of landlords'

Landlords will be the sole beneficiaries of a €55m bonanza in additional rent supplement, it has been claimed.

€55m extra in rent subsidy will 'simply line the pockets of landlords'

Increasing by €55m the spend for rent supplement will deliver “just one, single additional three-bed house” and will simply line the pockets of landlords, according to internal government documents, seen by the Irish Examiner.

And the social-housing list is estimated to be overstated by 25%, because the names of dead people have not been removed.

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