Local authority housing grants and supports
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The Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant provides funding so you can refurbish vacant properties to live in or rent out. -
Many houses in Ireland have been affected by defective building materials. Find out about the redress schemes available to repair and rebuild these homes. -
The Repair and Leasing Scheme brings vacant properties, which need repair, back into use for social housing. -
Local authority loans are available to owner-occupiers towards the cost of necessary works to improve, repair or extend their houses. -
Under the Ready to Build Scheme, you can buy a site from a local authority at a discounted price to build your own home on. -
Local authorities may improve or extend privately owned houses as an alternative to providing local authority housing. -
Planned scheme to fix defects in apartments and duplexes built between 1991 and 2013. -
Government-backed mortgage and loan that helps you to buy and renovate a derelict or uninhabitable home.This document is in: Help with buying a home