Cost Rental Scheme

• Local authorities, together with other agencies, may provide houses to eligible people at lower rents than the private market.

• Local authorities may carry out extensions or adaptations to local authority houses such as grab rails, access ramps, wet rooms or downstairs bedrooms for older tenants or tenants with a disability.
• For more information please email; grants@carlowcoco.ie
• Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability Application Form

• Local authorities may assist you in finding accommodation in the private market if you qualify for social housing. The local authority will pay the landlord and you will pay a rent contribution to the local authority.
• Email: hap@carlowcoco.ie
• Phone no.: 059 917 0369
• HAP Leaflet

• Local authorities may provide support to carry out improvement works to a privately owned property.
• You may qualify for the scheme if:
  • Your application for social housing has been approved
  • You are a local authority tenant or a tenant purchaser who wants to move to a private home and return your present home to the local authority
  • You are a tenant of an approved housing body (AHB) and you want to buy a private house and return your present house to the AHB
  • You own your home, but it is overcrowded or sub-standard and you can’t afford to improve it

• Local authorities, together with other agencies, may provide homes at a reduced price for first-time buyers who are looking to purchase a new home.
• For any queries that you are unable to find an answer to, here or the frequently asked questions (pdf, 227.43 KB) below, please email your query to affordablehousing@carlowcoco.ie

• Local authorities may provide a mortgage to buy or build your own home if you are a first time buyer.
• Full details of the Local Authority Home Loan, including eligibility criteria, interest rates and application form, can be found at https://localauthorityhomeloan.ie
• Application Form Local Authority Home Loan

• Local authorities may provide tenants and tenant purchasers a mortgage allowance to help them move from renting to buying or building a private house.

• Local authorities may provide assistance to home owners with mortgage arrears who are at risk of losing their home. Home owners can apply to switch from owning their home to renting their home as social housing tenants.
• The Mortgage to Rent scheme has a dedicated website. The eligibility criteria for the scheme are available on the website. If you have your mortgage with a local authority, a similar scheme is also available.
• A visual guide to the Mortgage to Rent process may also be useful. It is available in the MTR Step by Step Process Chart.

• Local authorities may assist you in finding accommodation in the private market if you qualify for long term rent supplement and have a qualified housing need. The local authority will pay the landlord and you will pay a rent contribution to the local authority.
• For more information on the scheme please email ras@carlowcoco.ie
• Phone no.: 059 917 0370

• Local authorities may provide financial support to property owners to repair vacant properties. The property is repaired and leased to the local authority at a reduced cost.
• For further information, please email capitalhousing@carlowcoco.ie
• Repair and Leasing Scheme

• Local authorities may sell a social house to the tenant living in the house.
• Further information can be found in the Tenant Information Handbook (pdf, 418.5 KB)
• Tenant Incremental Purchase Scheme (TIPS) – Application Form

• Local authorities may provide loans to travellers to buy caravans.