NEW GUIDELINES ON THE “SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE” EXEMPTION IN RENT PRESSURE ZONES
The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) has published a new set of guidelines on what constitutes “substantial change” in rented properties for the purposes of exemptions from rent pressure zo...
Change to RTA – Enforcement of Determination Orders moves from Circuit Court to District Court
Change to RTA – Enforcement of Determination Orders moves from Circuit Court to District Court With Effect from 26th February 2018, the enforcement of RTB Determination Orders has mov...
More changes to Rental Laws
Yet again there are proposals to make changes to the Residential Tenancies Act that will make things more difficult for landlords but do nothing to deal with the key issues currently...
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...
Changes to Residential Tenancies Act
Latest changes to Residential Tenancies Act Additional proofs required by Landlord in certain instances to terminate tenancy Amendments have been made to Sections 34 and 35 (reasons to termi...
