# renting - Yesterday’s News
# Housing
# Housing
A new study has found that more than half of renting households receive State support.
# Housing Costs
# Housing Costs
The new report by the Economic and Social Research Institute looks at housing supports for low-income renters.
# renting - Thursday 12 May, 2022
# Housing Crisis
# Housing Crisis
Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty says rents are out of control.
# renting - Thursday 5 May, 2022
# Housing
# Housing
Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien indicated that tax breaks may be needed to keep ‘mom-and-pop landlords’ from selling up.
# renting - Monday 2 May, 2022
# Housing Crisis
# Housing Crisis
The Housing Minister at the weekend said the government is planning to take action in the coming weeks.
# renting - Thursday 28 April, 2022
# IHREC
# IHREC
The findings come as the Government reviews Ireland’s equality laws.
# renting - Wednesday 13 April, 2022
# Renting
# Renting
18,000 cost-rental homes will be provided between now and 2030, said the housing minister.
# renting - Wednesday 30 March, 2022
# Housing
# Housing
Opposition parties raised concerns about reports that the new pension scheme is needed to pay for ‘generation rent’ who will never own a home.
# renting - Sunday 30 January, 2022
# Housing
# Housing
Just five properties were available within standard HAP limits for a couple or one parent and one child.
# renting - Tuesday 16 November, 2021
# Rent Cap
# Rent Cap
The new legislation also proposes to provide enhanced tenancy protection by making a ‘Part 4’ tenancy one of unlimited duration.
# renting - Wednesday 10 November, 2021
# Your Say
# Your Say
A new Daft.ie report shows rental homes available in Ireland have hit an ‘all-time low’.
# renting - Tuesday 2 November, 2021
# Rent Cap
# Rent Cap
Darragh O’Brien said that the proposed legislation will be brought to a meeting of the Cabinet on Thursday.
# Regulation
The majority of RTB investigations relate to alleged breaches of rent pressure zone rules, Michelle Hennessy reports. Social Democrats TD Cian O'Callaghan said the sanction figures indicate the enforcement system is not working.
# renting - Saturday 30 October, 2021
# He's A Good Boy
# He's A Good Boy
Pet rent of €75 has been requested at a Dublin property development and one woman has been told pay a €500 deposit.
# renting - Monday 27 September, 2021
# Your Rental Story
# Your Rental Story
The Dáil has been debating potential solutions to the country’s rental crisis.
# renting - Saturday 25 September, 2021
# No Homes To Rent
# No Homes To Rent
The housing expert says the broken rental market in Ireland is down to years of failed political policy.
# renting - Thursday 29 July, 2021
# Housing
# Housing
The company came to an agreement with the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission on foot of a 2016 complaint.
# renting - Wednesday 14 July, 2021
# Your Say
# Your Say
A survey has found on average, tenants are spending 36% of their monthly income on rent.
# renting - Friday 9 July, 2021
# Rent Pressure Zones
# Rent Pressure Zones
All rent increases will now be made in line with the nation’s inflation rate.
# renting - Thursday 24 June, 2021
# Housing Crisis
# Housing Crisis
The rules restrict the amount someone can borrow to 3.5 times their income, though there are exemptions.
# renting - Friday 28 May, 2021
# Renting
Measures that provided for a rent freeze for those in financial trouble were implemented during the pandemic. In Rent Pressure Zones, the maximum rent increase permitted is 4% per annum. Where a landlord carries out a rent review for the first time in two years in an RPZ, a total increase of 8% increase can apply.
# renting - Tuesday 18 May, 2021
# Housing
# Housing
Cabinet is set to discuss proposals on housing today.
# renting - Sunday 16 May, 2021
# My Housing Story
# My Housing Story
In a follow-up to our Irish housing stories, here’s what it’s like living in a variety of countries across Europe and beyond.
# renting - Wednesday 24 March, 2021
# Opinion
# Opinion
The Sinn Féin TD says Government is rushing the Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill through this week without due process, letting renters down again.
# Renting
# Renting
That’s according to the Residential Tenancies Board’s latest rent index.
# renting - Tuesday 9 March, 2021
# Arrears
# Arrears
The protections in place were due to expire on 12 April.
# renting - Wednesday 3 February, 2021
# Housing
# Housing
An eviction ban for those in arrears has been in place across the country since late October,
# renting - Wednesday 27 January, 2021
# Housing Crisis
# Housing Crisis
The lockdown will mean housing targets could be off by between 6,500 and 7,000 new homes,
# renting - Friday 23 October, 2020
# Renting
# Renting
The Bill will now be sent to the President for early signature.
# renting - Monday 19 October, 2020
# Renting
# Renting
Taoiseach Micheál Martin announced this evening that Ireland will move to Level 5 restrictions for six weeks.
# renting - Thursday 24 September, 2020
# Renting
# Renting
The charity is calling for the funding to help tenants facing a rent crisis as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
# renting - Tuesday 28 July, 2020
# Housing Crisis
# Housing Crisis
Renters are more likely to work in the sectors worst hit by the pandemic.
# renting - Tuesday 9 June, 2020
# Daft.ie Report
# Daft.ie Report
The 39% spike is the highest one-month
total for rental listings in the capital since August 2015.
# renting - Tuesday 12 May, 2020
# Renting
# Renting
Daft.ie says this drop reflects the economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic.
# renting - Wednesday 1 April, 2020
# Frontline Lifeline
# Frontline Lifeline
It’s expected that a feature allowing doctors and nurses to self-isolate outside of hospitals will be live by next week.
# renting - Thursday 19 March, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
The emergency measures for renters were agreed at a Cabinet meeting today.
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Government has said landlords will have to show flexibility to their tenants.
# renting - Friday 13 March, 2020
# Renting
# Renting
Eoghan Murphy also said that he would provide support to homeless services during the crisis.
# renting - Wednesday 4 March, 2020
# Squeezed
# Squeezed
Tasc has said its report challenged the idea that people get into debt because of a “personal failing”.
# renting - Friday 24 January, 2020
# The Candidate Podcast
# The Candidate Podcast
Micheál Martin told The Candidate Podcast that he will reduce the rate rents rise in rent pressure zones.
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