New research by homeless charity the Peter McVerry Trust has found that 62 per cent of people are in favour of a tax on empty homes.
The latest CSO figures show there are 198,000 empty homes, excluding holiday homes in Ireland.
CEO of the Peter McVerry Trust, Pat Doyle said that putting a tax on empty homes, collected through the existing property tax would yield an extra €20 million per annum to the State.
“The Government is launching at the end of the month an empty homes strategy and what we are saying is that there will be grants to encourage landlords and those who are not using their properties to bring them back. But if they won’t or they are not interested in supporting the State tackle what is a crisis in housing right now we are saying there should be a tax.
Read the full details in the Irish Times
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