SOCIALIST TDs said they would “stand to the very end” against a new property charge and but would not say if they were willing to go to jail over their boycott.

LANDLORDS and developers are sitting on properties and refusing to hand them over for long-term social housing schemes because they expect a better deal from NAMA, the Department of Environment admitted yesterday.

LANDLORDS were yesterday accused of driving up rents to cushion the blow of rising mortgage interest rates.

LANDLORDS will not be able to jack up rents above reasonable levels under new laws to come into effect before the end of the year.