Vacant Homes Tax - 3 times the Basic LPT

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Very low threshold compared to the Canadian vacancy taxes.

If you move into house for 30 days, it becomes exempt.

Canada is typically six months.
 
Brendan Burgess said:
on homes occupied less than 30 days a year.

Self-assessed

3 times the Basic LPT
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Independent reported that it applied to houses unoccupied for 30 days a year. I thought that was harsh
 

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You could go on holiday for that lenght time. Many pensioners go aboard for a month or two over the Christmas.
 
It seems nonsense to me. It doesn't apply to derelict houses. So a developer can buy up half a street and let it go derelict. Failing that, say you used it as a holiday home for 30 days over the year. Its self-assessed, so who's gonna say you didnt?
 
I know of houses without modern facilities, you know those old cottages you see on daft that are not quite derelict (I think) but are also not serviced with power & or water. I wonder where they fall on the Vacant<>Derelict spectrum.
I'd imagine quite a few property owners of these types of properties are in for a shock as they would never have viewed those properties as viable for tenancy.

I'm not even sure of the technical definition for dereliction.

Info on Derelict propery definition & levy here: https://www.citizensinformation.ie/...ngs_and_structures/derelict_sites.html#lfaec6
 
Derelict sites and vacancies are two entirely different things.
Assuming this is to place a "cost" on landlords deliberately leaving a unit vacant after a tenant leaves in order to reset the rent.
LPT is still quite small so cost in most cases is as little as 500-600. And is it per year or one off?

On the other hand, it might be a way to try to prevent dereliction in the first place.
 
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