Housing
Dedicated government taskforce needed to tackle vacant properties, cross-party committee says
Report from housing committee also calls for rate of soon-to-be-introduced vacant sites tax should be increased due to inflation
The government should set up a dedicated taskforce to tackle vacancy and dereliction, and a tax aimed at boosting the country’s supply of housing should be set higher than the planned rate of 3 per cent, according to an unpublished cross-party report.
The Oireachtas housing committee will today publish a report on urban regeneration, which contains a number of criticisms of the government’s handling of vacant properties as well as recommendations for the upcoming vacant ...