The Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019
The Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019 was signed into law on 31st May 2019 having passed all stages of the Oireachtas. The Act will come into force in phases over the coming...
19 new rent pressure zones
19 new rent pressure zones take effect from 1st July 2019 The full list of the 19 new LEAs across 11 counties are; Meath: Kells, Trim Louth: Ardee, Dundalk South, Dundalk – Carlingfo...
COVID-19
The Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government has published a Guidance Document for Landlords and Tenants, which provides information on the restrictions on tenancy terminations an...
New Residential Tenancies Act 2020
The Residential Tenancies and Valuation Act 2020 which is now law introduced new protections for those tenants who are facing rent arrears and, as a result, are at risk of losing their tenan...
Government Plan on Housing
The government action plan for housing and homelessness has been published and includes a section on the rental sector. Below some of the report content relevant to the rental market The ren...
New Rental Strategy
NEW STRATEGY FOR THE RENTAL SECTOR This Strategy builds on work already underway across the five pillars of Rebuilding Ireland and focuses, in particular, on the four key areas which Rebuild...
New Rental Rules Explained – Member Update
On December 23rd last the President signed into law the new changes to the Residential Tenancies Act, so as of midnight on that date the measures below are now law namely; Rent Predictabilit...
Calculating Rent in a Rent Pressure Zone – Examples
Rent Predictability Examples Formula and Examples Where a landlord is setting the rent in a Rent Pressure Zone the amount can not be greater than the amount determined by the below formula:...
New Rental Laws – Facts at a glance
Did you know that: If a tenant moves out of a property the new rent is subject to the new rent control measures (if in a rent pressure zone) If a property is sold the new owner can still onl...
Review of Rent Pressure Zones
On foot of a commitment made by Simon Coveney T.D., former Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, to review the Rent Pressure Zone (RPZ) measure, the Rental Market a...
