Homely Ireland & Rent-to-Own Housing – Who Benefits, Who Doesn’t, and What It Really Says About Housing Policy.
Ireland’s housing crisis has produced a growing number of alternative pathways to homeownership. One of the most talked-about in recent months is the Rent-to-Own (or Rent-Now, Buy-Later) model, recently popularised by private platforms such as Homely. The idea is rather simple – instead of renting indefinitely while saving and waiting for mortgage approval, households rent […]