The mental health of Clare’s young people is said to be taking a hit because there’s “nowhere to rent” and “nowhere to buy”.
A new report from the National Youth Council of Ireland has found that housing and the cost of living are the issues of most concern to young people in this country.
Following extensive surveying of people between the ages of 18 and 29 nationwide, the National Youth Council of Ireland has published ‘State of our Young Nation” report.
The findings show, arguably unsurprisingly, that housing and the rising cost of living are the greatest for concerns for young people, having been cited by 76% and 62% respectively.
At 48%, almost half of participants are dissatisfied with their current housing situations, while more than half have experienced an increase in their rental or mortgage payments in the last year.
The latest RTB figures show the average rent for a new tenancy in Clare has risen by almost 20% to €1,145 in the space of a year and there are currently just 18 properties to rent here on Daft.ie.
While, the average price from a home in this county is up by nearly 10% to €256,174.
Ardnacrusha native and Fianna Fáil local election Rachel Hartigan believes supply needs to be rapidly increased to address the scarcity of places for young people to live.
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The Simon Community’s new Locked Out of the Market report has found there were only 38 properties within the discretionary rate of the Housing Assistance Payment available nationwide last month.
In addition, 10 out of the 16 areas surveyed had no HAP properties available for rent.
Regional Manager for Emergency Accommodation at Midwest Simon, Jonathan Shinnors claims his organisation is having difficulty recruiting young staff because so many people are emigrating due to not being able to find housing.
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