Renting

Is the cost-rental housing model broken?

Apart from the fact that there is not enough of it, the system is all positives for tenants but cracks are emerging for providers

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Minister urges housing bodies to engage on finance difficulties for cost-rental schemes

Most schemes undertaken by approved groups or Land Development Agency due to high debt burden

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Denmark’s social housing model shows how government initiatives can build sustainable and affordable housing for mixed communities

Dublin council to borrow €36.5m to fund additional affordable homes at O’Devaney Gardens

Move would prevent sale of any private market housing in Dublin 7 development of more than 1,000 apartments

More than €17m in payments provided over past two years to people struggling with burial costs

Additional needs payment sees rent supports of €2.36m granted – including €1.37m for rent arrears

Dublin cost-rental scheme dropped over rising costs

Housing body Clúid says it will have to switch to 100 per cent social housing at Bannow Road development in Cabra

State’s largest private landlord estimates its rents are 20% below market value

Ires Reit says Government rent reforms will allow it to unlock ‘significant value’

Rise in number of properties to rent but still below pre-Covid levels despite rule changes

Legislation overhauled RPZ system and allowed landlords to reset rents between tenancies

High Court judge critical of Supermac’s owner Pat McDonagh in case involving unpaid rent

Pat McDonagh gives evidence in three-day dispute over arrears on Kilkenny outlet

Fairness of basic income for arts scheme under scrutiny as new funding round opens

Artists unsuccessful in previous funding express frustration at nature of scheme and monitoring of recipients’ output

Back-garden living incentives could expose older homeowners to abuse, charities warn

People renting under such arrangements are known as licensees rather than tenants and have far fewer protections

Church of Ireland ‘less likely’ to let vacant rectories due to rent reforms

Church’s representative body sought meeting with Ministers to discuss ‘possibility of an exemption’ from new rent rules

Landlord ordered to pay €5,000 damages to family over mould

Tenants claimed they suffered major health issues due to seven years of mould

Housing ambition can’t be faulted, but is it realistic?

Meeting ambitions, closing skills gaps and attracting international capital such as pension funds and sovereign wealth funds are all in the mix

Government was advised that rent reforms carried ‘significant’ risk of evictions

Housing Department’s analysis of new regulations conceded they would cause average rents to ‘increase in the short term’

Four times more short-term lets than private rentals available

Number of short-term lets outnumbers long-term rentals by four to one, Threshold claims

Risk of poverty rate highest in several years, according to CSO

People living in rented accommodation were more likely to be at risk of poverty at 24.2 per cent

Commercial property recovering but Middle East conflict threatens new inflation spike

New report from SCSI predicts rents and capital values, across three main classes, will rise in 2026

Tenant threatened to murder landlord and her children, RTB told during eviction hearing

Tribunal directs tenants to pay €3,150 in rent arrears and €2,500 damages for breach of obligations

Eviction notices served on 36 homes in Wexford withdrawn

Landlord company Patchflow Ltd acknowledges ‘stress’ caused to tenants, says further discussions will take place

Renter’s recordings of ticking clock and dog barking fail to prove noise disturbance

Residential Tenancies Board finds eviction notice issued to Tadeusz Mirocha was invalid

Disabled artist is ‘back to worrying’ about how she will afford rent after final BIA payment

Maryam Madani (36), living in Bettystown, Co Meath, was in receipt of basic income scheme until last month

More than 1,300 applications received for 56 cost-rental homes in Dublin

Successful applicants will pay €1,547 per month for two-bed units allocated in first phase of Oscar Traynor Woods housing development

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Will new renting rules stop me getting back into my home on my return from working abroad?

New regime coming into force this month draws a significant line between small, or accidental landlords, and large, or ‘professional’, ones

Dáil sounded like a Formula 1 grand prix this week but was really a slow bicycle race

Inside Politics: Changes to rent regulations prompt high-decibel bad-tempered exchanges

Minister for Housing expects rents to fall after recent reform of rules

James Browne said driving supply is ‘only way’ to make renting more affordable

Letters: Grappling with the housing crisis

Alongside speed of delivery, the composition of supply also matters

Dublin City Council move to former DIT site from Wood Quay expected to cost €581m

Deal to buy Kevin Street site expected to be finalised in weeks with former offices expected to be replaced with housing

Supply of homes to rent in February hits by far its lowest level in 20 years

Rents across the State increased by 4.4% last year, up from an inflation rate of 3.6% in 2024, Daft.ie report shows

I’m renting a new-build apartment and it’s mouldy. What can I do?

Property Clinic: I don’t want to be held responsible by my landlord for the problem or for the cost of repairing it

Landlord Ires Reit back in profit and increases revenues despite selling some units

Irish listed company says its average monthly rent rose 2.1% last year to €1,852 as it sold off some lower-value properties

Landlords’ complaints are proof public bodies cannot win

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Prime Dublin city centre residential investment guiding at €15.5m

Pembroke Street portfolio comprises 23 apartments and is generating gross rental income of €1.021m annually

The new short-term letting rules: has the tourism sector won at the expense of housing?

Ban on planning for new short-term lets in places with more than 20,000 people is seen as a victory for tourism over housing

Residential Tenancies Board grants almost 1,000 applications for legal help over three years

Body has increased annual funding to enforce cases, including unlawful tenancy terminations, overholding and rent arrears

The housing crisis that can’t be solved, and the cost of being a stay-at-home parent

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Rental reforms will drive landlords out of sector, property group tells Minister

Body warned of likely legal challenges against rental reforms in pre-budget letter

Unclear how many short-term lets could be returned to residential use under crackdown

Department of Housing says ‘significant number’ of properties will be brought into long-term market

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