How about a significant increase in the LPT on second homes?
Boycott of holiday home owners needed - says County Council manager
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I love the idea of a culchie tax… a friend is married to a « strong farmer ». He’s retiring.. neither kid wants to farm. So they are looking at D4. Big house with a big garden. They are cash buyers and will be able to outbid a lot of locals.
My brother and his wife moved as decentralised civil servants years ago. A fair bit of bad feeling where they bought… bit fat civil service salaries outbidding the poor locals. A bit of grumbling but no boycotts.
People don’t like change
Some friends lived in Jersey years ago and I remember the split market. A friend of theirs was able to get his house re-classified. It was like winning the lottery.
My brother and his wife moved as decentralised civil servants years ago. A fair bit of bad feeling where they bought… bit fat civil service salaries outbidding the poor locals. A bit of grumbling but no boycotts.
People don’t like change
Some friends lived in Jersey years ago and I remember the split market. A friend of theirs was able to get his house re-classified. It was like winning the lottery.
There is a need to
All joking aside, as someone who lives in a commuter town, there are an awful lot of Dunlin jerseys seen around here
Of course culchies outside of the Pale can't afford to buy in their own areas because of all the Jackeen immigrants fleeing the capital.
All joking aside, as someone who lives in a commuter town, there are an awful lot of Dunlin jerseys seen around here
Who are fleeing because they can't afford a house in Dublin... because of all the culchies out-bidding them in Dublin.
See above.
Let's be honest; it is only through necessity that anyone from Dublin moves to Kildare or Meath (okay, Ratoath and Ashbourne are really suburbs of Finglas but other than that it holds true).
Purple you are letting the mask slip again
Equlity of opportunity means everyone has the same chance to succeed while equality of outcome neans everyone should have the same results regardless of effort or circumstances,
they can afford just like everyone else, should have been weaned off the spoon feeding a bit sooner,now it is budget frendly destinations in spain that awaits them,
they don;t have to worry about any boycott in Mayo,
I wear many masks. You'll have to be more specific.Purple you are letting the mask slip again
Exactly, so people in rural areas need to stop moaning about "outsiders" buying in their areas.
Do you remember posting a few years ago about moving the dubs not in employment out of Dublin to make way for the real workers,
It's councillors like this, that make me wonder why I bother voting in local elections
Yep, social housing should be offered to working people before those who are unemployed.
He seems to be the Director of Housing. That’s fairly senior.
There are plenty of recommendations and reports about having a properly functioning property tax system; that would quite likely have a calming impact on house price inflation over time and limit the numbers of 2nd, 3rd properties etc.
It is very questionable whether the various initiatives and supports by the Government over the years, usually focussed on grants, tax breaks etc, have added to housing inflation and the overall problem rather than solving it.
In Ireland, most people’s view is determined by their stake in the market and our politicians tend to respond to that.
That is a sensible suggestion.
There are plenty of recommendations and reports about having a properly functioning property tax system; that would quite likely have a calming impact on house price inflation over time and limit the numbers of 2nd, 3rd properties etc.
It is very questionable whether the various initiatives and supports by the Government over the years, usually focussed on grants, tax breaks etc, have added to housing inflation and the overall problem rather than solving it.
In Ireland, most people’s view is determined by their stake in the market and our politicians tend to respond to that.
Stimulating demand when there's a supply side problem is a bad idea but that's what we've been doing.
As a 23 year old buying my first apartment in Dublin City Centre I understood that the £3,000 first time buyers grant I received probably added £6,000 to the price of the property.
The status quo suits me but I'd change it radically. In the US the rule of thumb is that your property tax bill is around half of the cost of your mortgage. Of course your property tax is fully deductible from your income tax (as is your VAT, VRT, and just about every other indirect tax). I think that sounds about right.
So now you know why the Working Dub is outside the pale, and the real dubs resident inside the pale will be paying for Budget holidays, and no LPT,
Why?
The vast majority of social housing goes to working people. That applies in Dublin and outside it.