Arrears cause most rent disputes

More than one-third of all disputes lodged with the country’s private rental watchdog are due to rent arrears.

Last year’s figures from the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB), provided to the Irish Examiner, show that 35% of all applications were linked to rent arrears, ahead of deposit retention (32%) as the main reason why people involved in the private rental sector contacted the PRTB in 2013.

Other categories which prompted people to contact the PRTB with a dispute include breach of landlord obligations, invalid notice of termination and the standard and maintenance of the property.