ARP Scheme for Ukrainians - pointless to start now if ending in March 2026?

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Sarah Ryan

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I put my spare room back up for rent today, I have had 8 enquiries and every single one of them is asking me will I accept the ARP scheme.
I have spent the evening researching it and it would appear this is going to be ending in March, would it be a waste of time signing up for it now?

A few questions:

1. One person to be living with you on the last day of the calendar month for which payment is due / payment in arrears.
Does this mean if the room is free from the 26/Jan, and somebody moves in that day, the first payment would be due on the 10th March for February and March and it would be €1,200? They are effectively living free with you until the 1st February when the scheme kicks in?

2. It states you can't have a rental agreement with this person.
How does that go for a licensee agreement? Would it be classed as the same, (I am assuming so) you would need to forget the agreement and then just agree on house rules?
I presume if there was an incident of antisocial behaviour you would be allowed to ask them to leave your property asap?

3 If the scheme does end, would it then revert to a licensee agreement from the 1st April and then the agreed rent would need to be paid that day?

I do plan on giving the dept a call tomorrow but if anybody can shed some light on these points it would be much appreciated. I am just wondering if this is a lot of hassle for a very short period of time.
 
Is this a spare room in your own home? Couldn't you do rent a room instead - tax free income upto €14000 and the person staying is your guest so a licensee
 
Greenbook said:
Is this a spare room in your own home? Couldn't you do rent a room instead - tax free income upto €14000 and the person staying is your guest so a licensee
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Yes it is and that is how I have done it for the last 4 people in it, but with the level of enquiries I was getting I was starting to question was I missing something!
I would rather not have to sign up to something like this but if the right tenant came along just want to make sure I have my facts correct.
 
Why would you settle for only €600 p.m. (plus the option of top-up payments for utilities) when you could presumably get closer to the maximum €1,167 p.m. under the rent a room scheme?
 
I don't think just because the person is Ukrainian that you have to do ARP- so if one of the applicants looks suitable you can offer them rent a room. They'd much prefer that as well as the ARP scheme is ending.

Possibly you're getting Ukrainians because they are getting themselves organised now because the scheme is ending - other people may not be too interested in looking for a new place at the start January.
 
ClubMan said:
Why would you settle for only €600 p.m. (plus the option of top-up payments for utilities) when you could presumably get closer to the maximum €1,167 p.m. under the rent a room scheme?
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Because €650 per month is more than enough to charge somebody to rent a room in my home given the location, size of the room and the fact I have a very judgemental cat.
 
Calico said:
so it would seem likely that the ARP will continue in some form.
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Ah interesting, I was conversing with somebody who seems like they could be a good fit for us and he seemed to be very sure the scheme would be renewed.
 
The Temporary Protection Directive is an EU thing that doesn't include rules such as payments to Ukrainians for accommodation
such as exist in Ireland with ARP.

ARP may or may not continue but at present there's just a" feeling" it may. Maybe more of a " hope". That's a bit of a dodgy basis to take someone in who, in two months, loses the ARP.
 
Palatine said:
That's a bit of a dodgy basis to take someone in who, in two months, loses the ARP.
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Well they would not get in the door unless there was a written and signed agreement that if and when the scheme ends on the 1st April, the rent is due and the licensee agreement is in force.

I have a few people to get back to so it might not even go down this route.
 
ClubMan said:
Why would you settle for only €600 p.m..... when you could presumably get closer to the maximum €1,167 p.m. under the rent a room scheme?
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I wonder are many people paying > €1000/month to rent a room in someone's house?
 
CharlieMac said:
I wonder are many people paying > €1000/month to rent a room in someone's house?
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In my area varies from €600 to €1000 for a double room.
Some of the higher end include bills in that price, some don't they are still split.

I think rent and split bills is the easiest way to approach it. I have never upped the rent with a new lodger, have always kept it at €650, I mean yeah more money would be great but morally, do I need it? No.
 
CharlieMac said:
I wonder are many people paying > €1000/month to rent a room in someone's house?
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Everyone in my workplace who rents pretty much. Some paying up to 1200. The owner does not necessarily live in the house but in today's market it wouldn't make much difference to tenants if they did. When I was renting rooms, it would have put me off but I had lots of choices then. TBH it might be better now, any perceived lack of freedom would be offset by probably a better quality of furniture, things getting fixed quicker etc.
 
And everyone talks about the greed of landlords, but nobody talks about the greed of homeowners (@Sarah Ryan excluded here).

A room is a homeowner's house is no cheaper than that rented by a landlord and often more expensive as no RPZ rules. I'd imagine a lot of income over €14k is just not declared
 
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