Housing

Half of councils have no full-time roles for tackling vacancy

Paschal Donohoe, the Minister for Finance, confirmed this week that owners of vacant homes are facing a new tax in the Budget

Paschal Donohoe, Minister for Finance and Darragh O’Brien, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, at the site of a new development of social housing in O’Devaney Gardens in Dublin: Revenue data showed that people paying the local property tax own a total of 57,000 vacant homes. Picture: Colin Keegan