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# Rent controls

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'Rent Pressure Zones are not working': What can be done to stop rising rents?

In Dublin, average rent rose by 12.4% year-on-year, and now sits at €1,875.

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May 6th 2018, 9:30 AM

Poll: Do you struggle to pay your rent?

Proposed new legislation could see rent hikes only being allowed once every two years.

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Nov 7th 2015, 9:49 AM

Irish rents have scored a new record - and it's not a good one

Prices have topped the peaks of even the Celtic Tiger property bubble.

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Oct 9th 2015, 4:45 PM

It looks like the government will give you some rent certainty this autumn

Legislative proposals on rent reform will come before cabinet in the coming weeks.

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Aug 21st 2015, 5:27 PM