Kildare Landlords Wont Lose Medical Cards When Renting Out A Room To A Student

Sunday, 18 June 2023 11:09

By Oisin Coyne

Pensioners and tenants will be able to earn 14,000 euro from renting a room without fear of losing access to their medical card.

Those with medical cards no longer have to worry about losing them if they rent a room to a college student

The Government is set to extend the income threshold disregard for the Rent A Room scheme, which now also applies to local authority tenants.

Pensioners and tenants will be able to earn 14,000 euro from renting a room without fear of losing access to their medical card.

Fine Gael Senator for Limerick, Maria Byrne says they are working to build more student accommodation also:

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