Landlords slow to release vacant accommodation

[onestepbehind]

rte.ie/news/2010/0331/rent.html

An Oireachtas Committee heard today that landlords and property owners have been reluctant to make vacant accommodation available to the State’s rental accommodation scheme.

The prices offered by the Department are less than the market rent because the Department is removing risk by guaranteeing the landlord a payment.

He said his department had gone to property owners and landlords asking them to rent vacant units in any form, providing standards were met, and he could not understand why he was getting a negative response.

[bugler]

Ignoring the general obscenity of the whole RAS, one reason LLs are reluctant to use it is that I understand the rent is still given to the tenant, who is then responsible for passing it to the LL. Is that correct, anyone?

[Open_Window]

This place is so far out of orbit we coudl easily be mistaken for Planet X.

[onestepbehind]

Ignoring the general obscenity of the whole RAS, one reason LLs are reluctant to use it is that I understand the rent is still given to the tenant, who is then responsible for passing it to the LL. Is that correct, anyone?

dublincity.ie/Housing/RAS/Do … et%20%20(2.pdf

Guaranteed rent for a minimum of 4 years

No vacancies
No advertising costs
Tenants screened for you
No arrears
No rent collection

No, the landlord is paid directly.

Edit - dublincity.ie/Housing/RAS/Do … et%20%20(2.pdf

• the local authority will pay the full rent to the
landlord on behalf of the tenant;

[temene]

Property being let to RAS tenants have to meet ‘high standards’ such as BER, tax compliance, good furniture etc., not just your average kip rented to those ordinarily on rent supplement.
Also landlords don’t have to pay the €200 tax on a RAS letting

[magoko101]

Also landlords don’t have to pay the €200 tax on a RAS letting

I love it… what possible justification could there be for this?

[shocked]

I wonder how the landlords feel about committing to the four years, I would think there may be a lot of them out there who would gladly sell up and quit the letting business, if they got half a chance.

[bugler]

No, the landlord is paid directly.

From what I can make out, there are different approaches. The above is a longer-term state initiated rental. There seems to be another more ad-hoc type of arrangement that involves the tenant being sent the RA amount. I suppose this would account for the rentals on Daft that accept RA.

citizensinformation.ie/categ … supplement

[onestepbehind]

No, the landlord is paid directly.

From what I can make out, there are different approaches. The above is a longer-term state initiated rental. There seems to be another more ad-hoc type of arrangement that involves the tenant being sent the RA amount. I suppose this would account for the rentals on Daft that accept RA.

citizensinformation.ie/categ … supplement

The RAS scheme was introduced to phase out RA.
RA was initially meant to be a short term payment. The RAS is a completely different scheme that is meant to be long term.

The landlord is still the landlord not the council so if its rented to 'difficult ’ tenants-the landlord picks up the tab for damage. The council locates the tenant-out of your control as Landlord

Deposits and Damage to Property.
No deposits will be paid under the RAS as a
contractual arrangement will exist between the
landlord and the local authority. However, where
damage is caused to property, which is above routine
wear and tear, the housing authority may be willing to
guarantee the equivalent of up to one month’s rent
towards the cost of repair/replacement.

From the website.