Rent relief application

Seanachai

Hello , I'm applying for rent relief and I need the money pretty urgently. Does anybody know from experience how long it has taken to come through?. Could I be waiting months?. Thanks.

tenchi-fan

Seanachai wrote: »

Hello , I'm applying for rent relief and I need the money pretty urgently. Does anybody know from experience how long it has taken to come through?. Could I be waiting months?. Thanks.

I doubt you're applying for rent relief. It's a tax relief worth a measly €400 a year and has been axed.

It's rent supplement (sometimes referred to as rent allowance).

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/social_welfare_payments/supplementary_welfare_schemes/rent_supplement.html

You need to be assessed as having a housing need and possibly renting for 6 months. If you need money urgently you will need to shake up a Community Welfare Officer.

Chnandler Bong

Seanachai wrote: »

Hello , I'm applying for rent relief and I need the money pretty urgently. Does anybody know from experience how long it has taken to come through?. Could I be waiting months?. Thanks.

You will be waiting for a while, it was binned in the last budget!

sanbrafyffe

ask a non national lol

cee_jay

Sabbrafyffe banned. Posters are reminded to please read forum charter before posting in this forum. Comments like the above are not welcome here.

tenchi-fan

cee_jay wrote: »

Sabbrafyffe banned. Posters are reminded to please read forum charter before posting in this forum. Comments like the above are not welcome here.

imo a ban is a bit extreme. as Sabbrafyffe suggested, the op should enquire to the non-national;s situation .. i.e. how little they contributed to the economy, and how this made them eligible to claim benefits (no mean = max benefits).

mrsbyrne

tenchi-fan wrote: »

imo a ban is a bit extreme. as Sabbrafyffe suggested, the op should enquire to the non-national;s situation .. i.e. how little they contributed to the economy, and how this made them eligible to claim benefits (no mean = max benefits).

there is no mention of a non-national in the op, tenchi, have you sunstroke!?!lol! sabbrafyffe was trying, and failing, to be funny. OP your looking for rent supplement/rent allowance and you'll have to find out were you local cwo sits, its usually in the local health centre.
http://www.hse.ie/eng/services/Find_a_Service/LHO/
check out here first if you might qualify.
http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/social_welfare_payments/supplementary_welfare_schemes/rent_supplement.html

Seanachai

Jesus don't tell me this little glimmer of hope has been taken away!!. I was going to question why they still had the forms in the office but then again this is Ireland. I'll give them a phone and see what they say.

Seanachai

It's still available. It's just going to be phased out and is not available to people who were not renting in December last year.