09.12.2022
Offer A Home, Offer Hope: Support for New Appeal to Shelter and Welcome People Fleeing War in Ukraine
Archbishop Michael Jackson has endorsed the Government’s new appeal for offers of unoccupied properties to provide temporary homes for people from Ukraine who are seeking shelter and a welcome in Ireland.
Archbishop Jackson, who chairs the Church of Ireland’s Church and Society Commission, said: “As winter grows deeper, darker and longer, we in Ireland find that the exodus of people from war–torn Ukraine continues unabated. Like ourselves, they need shelter, welcome and a home in the most practical of ways possible. I commend the scheme now being rolled out as an expression of practical generosity in a deeply distressing human situation of need, which calls for a generous response. I encourage all who can participate in it to do so and to respond as speedily as possible.”
More than 60,000 people have arrived in Ireland from Ukraine, and most are in need of safe and secure accommodation. This new call aims to make use of unoccupied houses, apartments or holiday homes to provide accommodation on a temporary basis.
About the call for offers
Under the new programme, local authorities are appealing for offers of houses, apartments, or holiday homes for use as temporary accommodation for those arriving from Ukraine.
A tax–free recognition payment of €800 per month is available for properties offered.
Property owners can offer homes at offerahome.ie or by contacting the local authority in which the property is located.
The local authority in which the property is located will be the point of contact for owners throughout the offer and assessment process.
Local authorities will match suitable properties to Ukrainian beneficiaries and can support in agreeing licence agreement and other arrangements.
Full details of the call for properties are available at offerahome.ie where offers can be made.