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23rd May 2016
04:04pm BST

"He said refurbishment grants for vacant homes or short-term taxation breaks on rental income when someone puts a vacant property into use could be launched."Skehan noted that in other European countries, homeowners are actually penalised for having properties that are left vacant in the long term. Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government Simon Coveney said his new housing policy that will be launched by the end of July could take a look at incentivising homeowners to put their vacant properties back into use. 74 families became homeless in April, and figures from Focus Ireland showed that 366 families became homeless between January and April of this year.
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