Rent-a-Room 2.0? Why €14,000 tax break a year for ‘cheap’ modular homes is far from the no-brainer it seems
Cabinet has approved proposals to relax planning rules for modular homes
Rent-a-Room 2.0? Why €14,000 tax break a year for ‘cheap’ modular homes is far from the no‑brainer it seems Irish homeowners have long taken in lodgers to make ends meet. The publication of the 1926 census last month showed just how common it was to rent out a spare room to a stranger, from Dublin households taking in culchies moving up to the Big Smoke to seek work to rural homes accepting “paying guests” such as farm labourers or travelling salesmen.By 2001, the then-government formalised these arrangements by creating the Rent-a-Room scheme, which allowed homeowners to earn tax-free income from renting out a spare room or two.
