Cork council may abandon six-month embargo on rent supports for singles leaving home

Also, a senior council official has said they will revisit an anomaly in the calculation of rates with regards to carers’ income

Cork County Council heard it is now 'financially impossible for many single people to rent privately without some level of financial support' from the local authority.

Cork County Council looks increasingly likely to backtrack on its policy of not allowing single people avail of financial supports for soaring rents until at least six months after they’ve moved out of the family home.

Officials agreed to the “urgent review” after hearing many councillors have received a litany of complaints from young people, and some up to 34, "caught in a bind" because they want to move out from their parents but can’t afford major increases in rental accommodation.