Concerns over student accommodation as 2,500 beds used for refugees may drive up rents

Concerns over student accommodation as 2,500 beds used for refugees may drive up rents

Government officials have expressed serious concerns that students could face “significantly increased rents” if more than 2,500 student accommodation beds currently housing international protection applicants are not promptly returned to the market. Documents obtained by the Irish Examiner through Freedom of Information requests reveal that as of August last year, 2,538 student beds were under … Read more

Minister appeals to homeowners to rent out rooms to students

Homeowners have been urged to help ease the student accommodation crisis by renting out a room and in turn benefit from a generous tax break.  The Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris has appealed to homeowners to consider renting rooms to students ahead of the start of the new academic year, in what … Read more