Owners of vacant homes will now have to declare their unused houses to the Revenue Commissioners and explain why they are empty.
With 250,000 vacant homes in the country, according to the Central Statistics Office, the new powers will allow the State for the first time to locate these vacant homes and understand why they are not being used to house families at a time of a housing emergency.
New legislation will grant additional powers to the Revenue Commissioners to gather the information on vacant homes for the first time.
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