Mortgage
‘My illness means I can’t draw down a mortgage, so I may have to emigrate’ – woman’s anguish at being left in limbo by the State
Jess Ní Mhaoláin (31) is ‘earning too much for social housing but not enough for cost-rental’
Cork woman Jess Ní Mhaoláin (31) recently applied for a one-bed apartment, but was turned down as she didn’t meet the affordability criteria. Photo: Mark Condren
A woman who had her application for a cost-rental apartment rejected because she did not meet the affordability criteria has said the housing crisis is leaving people with no option but to emigrate.
Jess Ní Mhaoláin (31) works as a policy adviser to Sinn Féin TD Martin Kenny, earns a decent wage and has always been able to pay her monthly rent.
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