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Government to provide 17,000 social housing units this year

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The Government has said it will provide another 17,000 units of social housing this year as part of its five-year programme to tackle the housing crisis. In a report on the Social Housing Strategy, the Department of the Environment said the recovery in public housing…

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Dublin house rents just €30 below price at height of boom

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Renting a home in Dublin now costs just €30 less each month than it did at the height of the boom in 2007, according to the latest official figures from the Private Residential Tenancies Board. The PRTB figures show rents nationwide increasing by 8.6 per cent over…

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Landlords did not hike rents ahead of new regulations, study finds

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An analysis of home rents in November suggest landlords did not race to increase rates ahead of the imposition of new regulations on rent certainty measures. Ronan Lyons, assistant professor in the Department of Economics at Trinity College Dublin, said an analysis of 2,500 sample…

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Major reforms to rental market are announced

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The Government yesterday announced a series of major reforms to the private rental sector in to provide rent certainty for both tenants and landlords. After weeks of differences and leaks, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government Alan Kelly and Minister for Finance Michael Noonan today revealed…

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Landlords consider legal action against Government’s new rent rules

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The Irish Property Owners' Association has said landlords consider the new rent rules as unjust and unfair. It said rent reviews every two years appear to be unconstitutional. Yesterday, the Government announced its 'New Deal for Tenants', which along with the two-year rent review also includes increased notice periods…

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Rent rises to be restricted to every two years under new Government plan

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Landlords will only be allowed to increase residential rents every two years under a new housing plan agreed by the Government. The plan, that needs final approval from the Cabinet next week, sees Minister for the Environment Alan Kelly's promise to give rent certainty by…

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Are renters their own worst enemies?

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Rental costs have soared in recent years with no signs on the horizon of that changing. However, are private renters their own worst enemies? Possibly, according to DIT’s lecturer in housing and economics, Lorcan Sirr. He says that competition between tenants is so fierce that…

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Landlords may have to give evidence supporting rent rises

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Landlords seeking a rent increase might have to provide supporting evidence of rents for three comparable properties to justify the rise, under proposals being considered by the Government. Minister for the Environment Alan Kelly and Minister for Finance Michael Noonan are still in discussions about…

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Rent fixing against the law, claim landlords

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Government efforts to fix rents amid escalating rates in Dublin and elsewhere have been declared “unconstitutional” and an “attack on the property rights” of landlords, TDs and senators have been told. Landlords are also threatening to withdraw co-operation with social housing tenants and those on…

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Tánaiste proposes establishment of rent regulator to tackle rising costs

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The Tánaiste Joan Burton has proposed the establishment of a rent regulator. It comes as the Minister for the Environment Alan Kelly and the Finance Minister Michael Noonan try to agree on how best to tackle the housing crisis. Minister Kelly wants to link rent…

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