'We feel exhausted': Allowance puts Kerry carer over income limit for council home scheme

Claire Healy, who was refused a housing scheme due to her carers allowance, penning a letter to An Taoiseach Micheal Martin at her home in Kilgarvan, County Kerry. Picture: Don MacMonagle

Just 44% of applications to a local authority mortgage support scheme have been approved so far this year.

The Department of Housing has said based on provisional figures for September, a majority — 56% — of about 1,500 valid applications for the scheme were declined.