Accommodation and Storage

Information on ancillary grants for rental and storage

As of Sept 2024 there is €15000 available for temporary accommodation and €5000 available to pay for storage provided your grant allocation does not exceed the cap €420, 000. If your grant allocation for rebuilding your property reaches the cap pf €420k then no allowance over this amount will be given for temporary accommodation or storage. 

If you have not yet received your grant amount and recommended remediation option confirmation then you will be entitled to an increased amount for rental and storage. The government has said a change in legislation is required for those who have already engaged in the scheme and received their option and grant amount. We await an update on this as early movers should not be penalised. We continue to lobby for this to be done as soon as possible. 

To claim these ancillary grants log on to your portal on the Donegal County Council here: https://redressscheme.donegalcoco.ie/index.aspx?tab=login then click in to 

1. Apply for Payment
2. Click Ancillary Grant Claims

Temporary Accommodation – 

A landlord can be a family member, you can rent a full property, a room or share and the landlord does not, for the purposes of the DCB scheme, have to be registered with the RTB.

Find a rental agreement template online that you can copy and paste and edit to suit you. 

This must be signed and dated by yourself and your landlord. 

Make your first rental payment into your landlord’s account. 

You must get a receipt from your landlord. This can be made yourself online via canva etc. or you can get a receipt book in a local shop and take a photo of the completed receipt each month. 

Each month you need to upload your bank statement and your receipt to your portal on DCC website. You can block out the other transactions from your bank statement but make sure the landlord’s name, date and amount and your full name and address at the top of your statement is visible. NB – remember to order an up to date bank statement each month after you lodge the rent into your landlords bank account so it is there in time for you to submit it on the 1st of every month to apply for payment to avoid delays in the process and payment. You must upload a bank statement with your name and address visible at the top, not a screenshot of your online transaction.

The easiest thing to do is upload the bank statement and the photo of the rent receipt to one document then submit this document to the portal. 

As of September 2024 it is still on the homeowner to pay this rent up front each month until the payments come down from the council. This has been known to take 1-4 months for the first payment to be paid and then is paid each month going forward. 

You can also rent or purchase a mobile home. Provide a receipt and proof of payment via a bank statement. 

Storage

Download a rental agreement template online for the rental of a garage or storage unit. It must be signed and dated by the owner of the storage facility and the homeowner and proof of payment must be shown in the form of a digital payment into the owners/landlords bank account.

You can buy a storage container also. Provide a receipt and proof of payment.