Plan to include divorced and separated couples as first-time buyers
Housing designed only for nuclear families does not meet “the reality of the world we live in”, says, Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien. Under new plans set to come into force from April, people who are divorced or separated will be eligible for state-backed loan schemes. As such, divorced people will get a second chance to be home owners after a relationship breakdown under measures designed to recognise how “Ireland has…