Prior ownership of €12k Polish flat did not disqualify couple from housing support, court rules

A county council was wrong to refuse to consider a Polish couple for inclusion on its social housing list because they had owned a flat worth €12,000 in their home country, the High Court has ruled.

Andrzej and Teresa Zabiello, who moved here in 2007, gifted their Polish home in 2014 to their son who then spent €5,000 refurbishing it.