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Poll: Do you struggle to pay your rent?
A new report found that the average national rent increased yet again last quarter.
THE GOVERNMENT HAS designated 19 more parts of the country as Rent Pressure Zones, where rents cannot be increased by more than 4% per year.
It follows a report from the Residential Tenancies Board that the average rent across the country increased 2.1% quarter-on-quarter and by 8.3% in the last year.
Amid the ongoing housing crisis, there have been suggestions that Ireland should follow the lead of Berlin, where it was recently announced that a rent freeze was to be introduced to combat spiralling rents there.
Would these controls help you? We’re wondering: Do you struggle to pay your rent?
Poll Results:
I don't rent (4009)
Yes (3349)
No (2026)
Yes, but only sometimes (1578)
No opinion (341)
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