News Archive for 2012

1. Budget Response: Threshold Warns of ‘Unintended Consequences’ of Home-Owner Taxes [Press Releases] - Issued 6 Dec 2012 Threshold, the national housing charity, has said some measures in today's Budget may impact negatively on low-income tenants in the private rental market. Responding to the …
2. Threshold Annual Report Highlights Challenges for New Generation of Renters [Press Releases] - Issued 15 Nov 2012 An expanding rental sector, illegal deposit retention and impact of repossessions key issues –These are some of the issues facing the private rented sector, which now provides …
3. Threshold warns of further homelessness if cuts to rent supplement persist [General News] - Issued 12 Oct 2012 Threshold, the national housing charity, has issued a sharp warning to Government against imposing any further cuts to rent supplement payments in the forthcoming budget. …
4. Strategy Needed to Deal with Arrears in the Buy-to-Let Market - Threshold [Press Releases] - Issued 31 May 2012 Threshold, the national housing charity, has called on the Government to develop a strategy to deal with the growing arrears rate for buy-to-let mortgages. Speaking today in the …
5. Threshold Concerned over Remarks by Central Bank Governor on Buy-to-Let Market [General News] - Issued 15 Mar 2012 Threshold - the national housing charity - has said increased repossessions of buy-to-let properties would cause chaos in the housing market and negatively impact on the lives of …
6. Threshold Slams Department's 'Chaotic' Approach to Rent Supplement Cuts [Press Releases] - Issued 20 Jan 2012 The Department of Social Protection is asking Rent Supplement tenants to 'do the impossible' by expecting them to seek voluntary rent reductions from their landlords. That's …