Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 28 February 2019
Public Accounts Committee
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government
9:00 am
Mr. John McCarthy:
Indeed. The Deputy also asked about the Rebuilding Ireland home loan. As of the end of January, approximately 575 households had drawn down the loan. With regard to arrears in the private rental sector and the issue of notices to quit, the Residential Tenancies Board's annual report for 2017 gives a broad breakdown of the main reasons for notices to quit. Some 44% were related to rent arrears, 20% to landlords selling properties, 8% to landlords wanting the property for a family member, and approximately 8% to refurbishment. There are other factors but they make up smaller percentages. Those are the main ones.
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