Safeguards needed to ensure landlords don’t use retrofitting to end tenancies - Threshold
Residential Tenancies Board told Oireachtas committee that it could be a ‘problem’
Sinn Féin urges Minister to suppress rent increases immediately
Rent pressure-zone law has ‘failed’ and ‘we need to move’, says spokesman Eoin Ó Broin
Less than half of rental terminations and increases from landlords valid
One third of renters feel uninformed about rights as tenants, Threshold survey shows
Renters return to the capital as workplaces set to reopen
Three-fold increase in demand for properties, particularly for overseas tenants
Just one quarter of people renting do so by choice - survey
More than half of respondents say they rent because they are unable to buy their own home
Surge in tenants seeking advice on evictions since ban lifted
Queries on lease terminations increase by almost 50%, Threshold housing charity says
Evictions from rental properties to resume amid homelessness fears
Opposition fears rise in homelessness as Government defends tenant supports
South Dublin tenants to be evicted after ‘reaching end of line’
Dún Laoghaire case highlights use of sale and refurbishment ‘loopholes’ – Boyd Barrett
Pandemic blues: Is the worst yet to come financially?
Households are in good financial shape but businesses face challenges when State supports end
Simon Community appeals for urgent action for at-risk tenants
Threshold calls for more nuanced approach to how rental tenancies end
Rent increases and evictions ban extension draws ire from property owners
Minister extends ban past Monday deadline but extension is expected to be short
Coronavirus: Property rental in the jaws of the epidemic
Landlords and tenants can weather it out via communication and bank and State aid
Latest rise in homeless figures ‘particularly remarkable’, TD says
Housing charity Threshold says it helped 11,000 people to remain in homes last year
Eoghan Murphy criticised as rents surge by 7 per cent in one year
Minister for Housing says rent pressure zones need to work but rents are ‘unsustainable’
More than 80% of private rental accommodation fail tests
Limerick City and County Council highest fail rate – all inspections short of compliance
Tallaght co-living development refused planning permission
Bord Pleanála says proposed 222 units would fail to provide acceptable living environment
Dublin evictions: ‘These new owners, they don’t see us as people’
Tenants in Dublin 6 and 8 are resisting eviction attempts under two linked firms
Government accused of ‘abandoning renters’ as costs rise again
Minister for Housing wants apartments built in other cities ‘to take the pressure off Dublin’
USI condemns delay to tenancies legislation
Current cap in rent pressure zones does not extend to purpose-built student accommodation
Occupy Summerhill: ‘We only go to direct action when we need to’
Activists who occupied a vacant house in Dublin city say they are not vigilantes
Most tenants rent ‘as they cannot get mortgage or social housing’
Almost half of renters feel insecure in their tenancy, according to Threshold survey
Assurances sought for tenants in 4,000 buy-to-lets in PTSB sale
‘Vulture funds are looking for short-term returns, not long term investment’, says homeless charity
Department rejects idea of rent register to stop hikes by landlords
Public list of rents on properties suggested as way to help tenants contest big rent increases
Employers turn to Threshold to help staff in rental crisis
Charity says contacts from firms on rise as junior staff struggle to find or retain homes
Legal advice sought over fire safety in overcrowded properties
Dublin’s chief fire officer calls legislation covering overcrowding ‘poor’ and ‘difficult’
Ireland risks ‘perfect storm’ in housing system, DIT lecturer says
Dr Sirr says thousands ‘stuck in the middle’ of social housing and affordable homes
Figures show increase in tenants failing to vacate homes at end of lease
Three most common issues were rent arrears, over–holding and invalid notice of termination
Renters with live-in landlords have few rights, experts warn
Housing specialists call for more protections and legislation for Rent-a-Room tenants
Stand for Justice event highlights child poverty, overseas aid
Cross-party event hosted by Trócaire, Society of St Vincent de Paul, Social Justice Ireland
Nearly 140,000 children living in consistent poverty
CSO income survey shows one-parent families twice as likely to be poor
Housing crisis requires ‘all options on table’, says St Vincent de Paul
Charity’s pre-budget submission says Government must provide supports to jobless households
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