NO RENT ALLOWANCE

ZXXXZ · 26-09-2012 10:43PM #1

What is the deal with all the house to rent ads that say NO RENT ALLOWANCE? This is a big insult to all of us who worked hard during the boom but have now fallen on hard times.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 26-09-2012 10:45PM

how is 188 a week not enough to get a room in a house + bills/food

fasttalkerchat · 26-09-2012 10:45PM

Its just an easy way to rule out most scumbags... unfortunately it also discriminates against the disabled and people out of work through no fault of their own.

EDDIE WATERS · 26-09-2012 10:46PM

Hit them a smack in the face

GLaDOS · 26-09-2012 10:46PM

Is that legal? Why would they care where the money comes form anyway? Unless I'm missing something.

mikemac1 · 26-09-2012 10:47PM

All landlords dream of the "young professional"

HeyThereDeliah · 26-09-2012 10:47PM

What is rent allowance ? Tax payers money that's paying mortgages for landlords. If you can't afford to pay your way live at home.

EDDIE WATERS · 26-09-2012 10:47PM

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Is that legal? Why would they care where the money comes form anyway? Unless I'm missing something.

Drug money

biko · 26-09-2012 10:48PM

I think what they're trying to say is "no white runners/baseball caps".

Zamboni · 26-09-2012 10:48PM

It is their personal private property.
They are under no obligations to let to anybody they do not choose to.

eth0 · 26-09-2012 10:48PM

mikemac1 wrote: »

All landlords dream of the "young professional"

What about an old professional? Do they get messier as they get older?

Sinfonia · 26-09-2012 10:48PM

HeyThereDeliah wrote: »

If you can't afford to pay your way live at home.

That sentence is retarded on several levels.

EDDIE WATERS · 26-09-2012 10:49PM

Sinfonia wrote: »

That sentence is retarded on several levels.

Rent a box and youre to go

HeyThereDeliah · 26-09-2012 10:50PM

Sinfonia wrote: »

That sentence is retarded on several levels.

Living with the parents not popular anymore ?

KindOfIrish · 26-09-2012 10:50PM

ZXXXZ wrote: »

What is the deal with all the house to rent ads that say NO RENT ALLOWANCE? This is a big insult to all of us who worked hard during the boom but have now fallen on hard times.

Just don't tell them, that you are on RA. Sign the lease and then ask to sign RA form. If a landlord refuses, live for free. simple

ejmaztec · 26-09-2012 10:50PM

HeyThereDeliah wrote: »

What is rent allowance ? Tax payers money that's paying mortgages for landlords. If you can't afford to pay your way live at home.

What if you're an orphan and there isn't a home to go to?

humbert · 26-09-2012 10:51PM

Lived in a house with a guy on rent allowance. Cans and music blaring every night. Don't blame them.

EDDIE WATERS · 26-09-2012 10:51PM

humbert wrote: »

Lived in a house with a guy on rent allowance. Cans and music blaring every night. Don't blame them.

What the drugs and hookers

Pottler · 26-09-2012 10:52PM

HeyThereDeliah wrote: »

Living with the parents not popular anymore ?

Above the age of 16, and given average intelligence, it was never that popular to begin with.

HeyThereDeliah · 26-09-2012 10:52PM

ejmaztec wrote: »

What if you're an orphan and there isn't a home to go to?

Rent a room in a shared house does not cost that much. There would be no need for rent allowance.

Tasden · 26-09-2012 10:53PM

Because the backlog in rent supplement applications leads to delays in them being processed which means people are waiting nearly three months for payments to come through. This means unless they have savings or income from another source they can't pay the landlord during this time, why would landlords want to wait that long when they can get tenants in with a steady income that can pay the rent on time. Also if the tenant is then refused rent supplement they can just do a runner after leaving the landlord without rent for months on end while the application was being processed.

EDDIE WATERS · 26-09-2012 10:53PM

Pottler wrote: »

Above the age of 16, and given average intelligence, it was never that popular to begin with.

What is average intelligence
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HeyThereDeliah · 26-09-2012 10:53PM

Pottler wrote: »

Above the age of 16, and given average intelligence, it was never that popular to begin with.

But yet so many do it.

fasttalkerchat · 26-09-2012 10:54PM

HeyThereDeliah wrote: »

Rent a room in a shared house does not cost that much. There would be no need for rent allowance.

If I lost my job I wouldn't be too happy to be told I had to move in with 2 complete strangers who are also unemployed.
I wouldn't expect anyone else to do it either.

ejmaztec · 26-09-2012 10:54PM

HeyThereDeliah wrote: »

Rent a room in a shared house does not cost that much. There would be no need for rent allowance.

It'll get a bit a bit crowded with the average size family crammed into one room.

dttq · 26-09-2012 10:57PM

ZXXXZ wrote: »

What is the deal with all the house to rent ads that say NO RENT ALLOWANCE? This is a big insult to all of us who worked hard during the boom but have now fallen on hard times.

An even better question (or two perhaps) is

(a) why is it even legal in the first place to discriminate against people on RA?

(b) why aren't these ads, and the people posting them on websites like daft.ie investigated? "No rent allowance accepted" on a renting website in my opinion screams "I'm a tax dodging landlord who pockets all the tenants monthly contributions without contributing to the revenue like I'm legally obliged to.".

Zamboni · 26-09-2012 10:58PM

fasttalkerchat wrote: »

If I lost my job I wouldn't be too happy to be told I had to move in with 2 complete strangers who are also unemployed.
I wouldn't expect anyone else to do it either.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Sinfonia · 26-09-2012 11:00PM

HeyThereDeliah wrote: »

What is rent allowance ? Tax payers money that's paying mortgages for landlords. If you can't afford to pay your way live at home.

1) By definition, everyone lives at home - except homeless people.
2) Rent allowance is also a method of allowing those who cannot otherwise afford rent to have a home.
3) It is not an option for all people (for various reasons) to live in their parents' home.
4) Stop whining about "tax payers money" - it's an incredibly ignorant thing to do, particularly in a country with a relatively low personal tax rate, and when the subject you're discussing is actually a matter of money being spent on the public good and the protection of society; there are so many other things tax revenue can be (and often is) recklessly wasted on.

Doop · 26-09-2012 11:06PM

dttq wrote: »

An even better question (or two perhaps) is

(a) why is it even legal in the first place to discriminate against people on RA?

Side note ... and I may be wrong but I believe its legal due to the fact that people on R.A are a cross section of society, all together they cannot be defined as a race, religion, member of travelling community, or sexual orientation.
Therefore its not discrimination, while it may be discriminating against people of a certain income I do not think there is a provision for that.

HeyThereDeliah · 26-09-2012 11:08PM

Sinfonia wrote: »

1) By definition, everyone lives at home - except homeless people.
2) Rent allowance is also a method of allowing those who cannot otherwise afford rent to have a home.
3) It is not an option for all people (for various reasons) to live in their parents' home.
4) Stop whining about "tax payers money" - it's an incredibly ignorant thing to do, particularly in a country with a relatively low personal tax rate, and when the subject you're discussing is actually a matter of money being spent on the public good and the protection of society; there are so many other things tax revenue can be (and often is) recklessly wasted on.

Rent allowance is abused by landlords asking stupid prices for property and social welfare have pandered to them in the past, thankfully it's changing.
I have rented some ****holes in the past and landlords care not a ****e about tenants it's all about how much they can get.

mikemac1 · 26-09-2012 11:08PM

fasttalkerchat wrote: »

If I lost my job I wouldn't be too happy to be told I had to move in with 2 complete strangers who are also unemployed.
I wouldn't expect anyone else to do it either.

Like anyone I had to work a succession of jobs until I got a good one so I could afford to rent a bedsit for myself.

Renting a room is cheaper and if you have to share a house when you're on welfare then so be it

When you have a good job again you can rent wherever you want

NO RENT ALLOWANCE

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