She should look on her local council website for homes for sale under the affordable homes scheme.
Here are
some examples from Fingal - every council runs its own system and decides who gets to live there, so you need to apply for each scheme individually.
Looking at her income, if she's in Dublin there really isn't much available for her. If she's not however, might be more promising.
Looking at the
eligibility indicator here she might struggle to qualify though.
Basically there's a number of things going on
- first, she might qualify for Help to Buy (depends on how much tax she's paid in recent years which might not be very much)
- second, the affordable homes sold by councils have a "minimum price" which is the maximum discount possible
- third, the council can take up to 25% equity, meaning she doesn't have to buy the whole thing in one go
Cost rental might be a viable option for her, but I would encourage her to go to housing list and see if its possible for her to qualify for AHB schemes in her area. Its almost impossible to buy homes anywhere now with just 600 euros per week gross. I was earning 1435 per week before I even dared pick up the phone to the bank.