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# Rental Sector

Last month
March 2023
# Housing
'We have turned a corner': Pre-budget tax breaks for renters and landlords dismissed by Tánaiste
The Tánaiste said a corner has been turned on housing.
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Mar 14th 2023, 4:10 PM
# eviction ban
Extending eviction ban would reduce number of rental properties even more, says O'Brien
The Housing Minister formally announced today that the eviction moratorium will be lifted from 31 March
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Mar 7th 2023, 9:54 PM
# Housing
Varadkar defends ending eviction ban as Opposition TDs slam 'heartless' decision
The three coalition party leaders met with the housing minister yesterday evening, with Cabinet now discussing the measure.
Coalition leaders and the Housing Minister decided at a meeting last night to lift the eviction ban as planned on 31 March.
Opposition politicians and housing activists have condemning the move.
Sinn Féin's Eoin Ó Bróin said the decision 'will mean more adults, children & pensioners will become homeless from April'.
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Mar 7th 2023, 2:59 PM
This year
2023
# Housing
Govt to make a call on eviction ban 'shortly', says Taoiseach
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says he hasn’t thrown in the towel on the housing crisis.
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Feb 1st 2023, 2:18 PM
Last year
2022
# Housing
€1,000 rent credit just a 'starting point', as housing minister says Govt will look to increase it
A €1,000 tax credit for 2022 and 2023 was announced this week as part of the budget.
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Oct 1st 2022, 5:02 PM
# Housing Crisis
People with mental health difficulties struggling to find suitable homes in rental sector
One housing association is calling for investment in one-bedroom apartments, with some ring-fenced for people with mental health difficulties.
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Aug 29th 2022, 7:45 AM
# Housing
Report on increasing HAP rates released soon as pressure mounts on government over homelessness
The number of people who were homeless nationwide in the last week of April was 10,049.
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May 29th 2022, 7:00 AM
# Housing
'I won't be bullied by you': O'Brien and Doherty clash over State subsidy scheme for developers
The housing minister says the scheme aims to bring into use 80,000 un-commenced planning permissions.
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May 25th 2022, 3:39 PM
All time
# rent crisis
Martin says rents need to be controlled, but won't commit to a rent freeze if in power
A recent poll shows that 60% of people are in favour of the proposed rent freeze bill.
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Dec 23rd 2019, 6:20 AM
# Renting
A survey of Ireland's rental sector is set to get underway
The Residential Tenancies Board has issued a tender for the survey to be carried out.
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Jan 24th 2019, 6:01 AM
# Clampdown
New Bill seeks to limit Airbnb rentals to six weeks per year
Senator Kevin Humphrey says short term rental platforms should have to register their properties.
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Jun 24th 2017, 6:20 AM
# Rental Sector
Tenancies board to investigate how rents can be brought under control
A major study has been announced by the the Private Residential Tenancies Board.
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Jun 4th 2014, 6:45 AM
Voices
Column: Ireland's residential rental market needs a massive shake-up
Pension funds investing in residential property could make a significant contribution to supplying a constrained market with much needed accommodation, write Lorcan Sirr and Tom Dunne.
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Feb 9th 2014, 12:00 PM
# Landlords
Landlords who wrongly keep deposits will face fines
Landlords could face fines if they withhold tenant’s deposits, the Minister for Housing has said.
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Nov 10th 2010, 12:25 PM
# Illegal Evictions
Tenants' problems increasing despite €500m spent on rent supplement
The rental sector has taken the place of social housing for those in need – but standards are slipping to unacceptable levels, says the national housing organisation.
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Nov 9th 2010, 9:09 AM