Applications Open Today For North Kildare Cost Rental Homes.

Wednesday, 20 October 2021 07:00

Image: Homes at Barnhall Meadows, Leixlip/Cluid Housing

They are in Barnhall Meadows in Leixlip

Applications open today for scores of new cost rental homes in North Kildare

The Clúid Housing scheme, at Barnhall Meadows in Leixlip. contains 56 two and three bedroom homes.

Under the Government’s Cost Rental Scheme, rents are targeted at a minimum of 25% below open market values with prices in the development starting at €900 per month.

Cluid Housing says this is "around 45% below local market rates."

Applications officially open on the Clúid website this afternoon at 4pm

Kath Cottier, Clúid Housing’s Director of Housing Services, joined Clem Ryan on Tuesday's edition of Kildare Today:

Applications are open for Barnhall Meadows, 56 new #costrental homes in Leixlip, Kildare. Rent for Barnhall Meadows is around 45% below local market rates, offering excellent quality, long term secure rental for middle income households. For more visit https://t.co/UHnd3IYqa8 pic.twitter.com/CNI6BLG6aQ
— Clúid Housing (@CluidHousing) October 20, 2021

The first first properties will be available to move into before the end of the year.

Applications open today and close on Tuesday the 26th of October. To apply for the cost rental homes, applicants are obliged to provide evidence of the following eligibility criteria:
Net household income is below €53,000 per annum
Not in receipt of any social housing supports
Do not own a property
Household size matches the size of the property advertised
Applicants can afford to pay the cost rent for the home
Household has only entered one application for a specific cost rental property

Sonya Kavanagh, Interim Chief Executive of Kildare County Council says: “The Council very much welcomes this new Government initiative to support approved housing bodies to deliver cost rental homes. It is exciting to see the delivery of 56 new homes in North Kildare; the first cost rental units to be delivered in the county. I am confident that this will be the start of the delivery of much needed affordable homes in the county.”