DERELICT HOUSE GRANT | Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant
The Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant provides funding so you can refurbish vacant and derelict homes. It can also be used to renovate vacant and derelict properties that have not been used as residential properties before. This only applies if these non-residential properties were previously used for commercial or public use and now have the correct planning permission.
You can get the grant if you are refurbishing the vacant property so you can live there, or so you can rent the property out.
You can get a grant of up to €50,000 to renovate a vacant property and up to €70,000, if the property is derelict.
The Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant is funded by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage through the Croà Cónaithe (Towns) Fund and you apply to your local authority.
Do I qualify for the Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant?
To qualify for the Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant, you must meet the following criteria:
- The property must have been vacant for 2 years or more. You will not qualify if the property has been left unreasonably or purposely vacant so you can get the grant.
- The property must have been built before 2008. (Before 1 May 2023, only homes built before 1993 qualified.)
- You must own the property or be in the process of buying it.
- You must live in the property as your principal private residence when the work is completed, or make it available for rent. If you are going to rent the property when the work is done, you must register the tenancy with the Residential Tenancies Board.
- You must have tax clearance from Revenue and your tax affairs must be in order.
- You must have paid your Local Property Tax, if applicable.
- You must not be a registered company or developer.
You can only get the grant twice. You can get one grant to refurbish a home to live in, and another for a home you are going to rent out.
Visit the Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant website to apply for the Derelict Home Grant
