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Landlords claim new rent cap move will 'worsen rental market'

Capping rent increases in Rental Pressure Zones (RPZs) will worsen the crisis accommodation for prospective tenants and create a nightmare scenario for existing tenants, according to a representative group for landlords. The Irish Property Owners ...

05 Nov 2021 at 17:25

National News

Rising rents show ‘flagrant breaches’ of rules mean to enforce caps, TDs say

The Government has been told that a report which shows that rents in existing tenancies across the country grew by 5.2% is evidence of “flagrant breaches” of rules designed to cap rates in certain urban areas. The Q3 2023 rent index report from ...

08 Feb 2024 at 13:30

Property

Rent rises in Laois surge ahead of Rent Pressure Zone cap

Rents in Laois are well above increases permitted under a new measure which is supposed to cap rises. Rents are on average 7.1% higher in the third quarter of 2019 than a year previously according to the latest figures from Daft.ie. The ...

12 Nov 2019 at 13:26

Portlaoise

Housing Minister says Portlaoise rents are too low to qualify it as a Rent Pressure Zone

The Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy has said rent prices in Portlaoise are too low to qualify it as a Rent Pressure Zone. Responding to a Dáil question by Laois TD Sean Fleming, the Minister cited figures showing average rent levels ...

31 Aug 2017 at 15:42

Local News

Laois TD calls for rent increase cap for the entire county

Rent rise caps should be extended to people Mountmellick, Rathdowney and Mountrath and parts of Laois that border Offaly and Tipperary according to a Laois Sinn Féin TD. Brian Stanley TD has welcomed the announcement that Rent ...

02 Jul 2019 at 15:41

National News

Opposition criticises rent control plans as ‘recipe for rocketing rents’

Opposition politicians have criticised the Government’s plans to impose rent controls as a “recipe for rocketing rents” and labelled it a “sweetheart” deal for investment firms. Three opposition politicians raised a line in a ...

10 Jun 2025 at 17:16

National News

Harris defends ‘swift’ timeline for nationwide rent controls

Tanaiste Simon Harris has defended the Government’s timeline to “swiftly” extend rent controls nationwide. It comes after he signalled to the Dail that emergency legislation would be brought forward next week to impose rent ...

13 Jun 2025 at 16:27

National News

Rent pressure zones decision due within one week, Taoiseach says

A Government decision on rent pressure zones is expected within the next week, the Taoiseach has said. The coalition has been criticised amid concern it will scrap the rent protections at the end of the year. Rent pressure ...

04 Jun 2025 at 16:44

National News

Taoiseach criticised for saying more private investment needed to fix housing

Taoiseach Micheal Martin has been criticised for saying that more private investment is needed to address Ireland’s housing crisis. The Fianna Fail and Fine Gael parties have come under pressure on housing after claiming ...

10 Feb 2025 at 14:11

National News

‘Extremely unsettling’: Renters warn minister over plan to lift pressure zones

The proposal to lift rent pressure zones was called “unsettling”, “alarming” and “draconian” in correspondence sent to the Housing Minister. Renters outlined their concerns and personal situations to James Browne after ...

02 Apr 2025 at 12:20

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