{"id":47273,"date":"2026-07-07T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=47273"},"modified":"2026-07-06T21:35:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T20:35:03","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-global-doorstep-as-one-in-three-fail-to-collect-derelict-property-levy-irelands-taoiseach-says-some-councils-just-didnt-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=47273","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the Global doorstep\u2019: As one in three fail to collect derelict property levy, Ireland\u2019s Taoiseach says some councils \u2018just didn\u2019t bother\u2019\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Revenue to target thousands of property owners with levies in bid to boost housing stock, reports <em>The Independent.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Independent<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are almost 19,000 vacant residential properties across the country whose owners are to be targeted by Revenue in a move aimed at bringing more housing units back into use\u2026 The Cabinet approved plans to impose a tax of at least 7pc on derelict properties, to be collected by Revenue, initially targeting towns of more than 4,000 people\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The move is aimed at freeing up more short-term lets for longer-term housing use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018\u2026.\u00a0 And when people see Revenue coming, I think behaviour will change.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.ie\/irish-news\/politics\/taoiseach-says-some-councils-just-didnt-bother-as-new-tax-planned-after-one-in-three-failed-to-collect-derelict-property-levy\/a\/157260781.html\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Revenue to target thousands of property owners with levies in bid to boost housing stock, reports The Independent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[137,29,11,16,376],"class_list":["post-47273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-councils","tag-heritage","tag-housing","tag-planning","tag-property"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47273"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47274,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47273\/revisions\/47274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}