The Government announced plans on Wednesday to allow residents in nursing homes to keep 100 per cent of the rental income from their homes under the Fair Deal subsidy scheme. By increasing the incentive, the Government aims to free up more vacant homes for the rental market.
Ms Butler told RTÉ’s News At One that just 24 houses had come up for rental since the Fair Deal was changed in November to allow nursing residents keep more of the rental income from their home, increasing the share they could retain from 20 per cent to 60 per cent. Ms Butler said she was “disappointed” she had not been consulted by her Government colleagues in advance on the decision being made.
Sage Advocacy, a support group for older and vulnerable people, said it was concerned that older people and their care in nursing homes were being used “as a political football as part of the wider debate about freeing up houses in response to the ongoing housing crisis”. “A key family member providing an element of care at home, usually an adult child and sometimes a spouse, who refuses to take a relative home, can effectively take possession of a property, dispose of their belongings and then rent it to their advantage,” the group said.
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