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Rent Supplement

# rent-supplement - Tuesday 6 November, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Homelessness

Cuts to rent supplement ‘forcing people to become homeless’

Focus Ireland says successive cuts to rent supplement limits are forcing people into such debt that they’re becoming homeless.

# rent-supplement - Friday 21 September, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Opinion

Column: With so many empty houses, why are people still homeless?

Almost 4,000 people are homeless in Ireland. Joyce Loughnan of Focus Ireland outlines what we need to do.

# rent-supplement - Saturday 11 August, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Rent Allowance

Call for inquiry after €32m in state rental deposits goes missing

A Dublin TD is calling the situation a ‘scandal’.

# rent-supplement - Friday 27 July, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Opinion

Column: Dark, damp room or the street – this is the choice faced by many

Cuts to rent supplement are forcing people to make impossible choices, writes Bob Jordan of Threshold.

# rent-supplement - Friday 18 May, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Opinion

Column: Extreme poverty is right in front of us – and what are we doing?

One in five children go to bed hungry, yet State safety nets are actually being taken away, writes Sr Stanislaus Kennedy.

# rent-supplement - Monday 16 January, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Rent Supplement

Cuts to rent supplement will lead to evictions, say property owners

The Irish Property Owners’ Association says planned cuts to rent supplement could also put mortgages into default.

# rent-supplement - Monday 5 December, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Opinion

Column: Landlords who don’t accept rent allowance are lazy – and classist

There’s an unpleasant undercurrent in Ireland that distrusts people on state assistance, writes Lisa McInerney. But it’s short-sighted, unfair and snobbish.

# rent-supplement - Wednesday 30 November, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Opinion

Column: Rent supplement is supporting squalor – and keeping prices high

Through rent supplement the Government pays for an enormous amount of housing, writes Ronan Lyons. So why isn’t it using that to our advantage?

# rent-supplement - Monday 29 August, 2011

From Business ETC Mortgages

One in 14 mortgages in 90 days’ arrears

Pressure grows for a general debt amnesty as new Central Bank figures show 7.2 per cent of mortgages to be in arrears.

From Business ETC Mortgages

Claims for mortgage supplement now five times higher than in 2007

The number of people receiving the Mortgage Interest Supplement is almost 2.5 times higher now than it was in 2008.