Landlords face compulsory ‘rent certainty’ deals

Government plans to make landlords sign up to three year “rent certainty” deals linked to inflation to prevent unreasonable price hikes for tenants could be signed into law as early as next month.

Senior officials confirmed the move will be included as an amendment to the Residential Tenancies Bill once it is given the legal green light in the coming weeks, after coming under fresh pressure to solve the housing and homelessness crisis during a sleep-out protest in front of the Dáil last night.

After the Labour annual conference in March, Environment Minister Alan Kelly announced controversial, still unpublished plans to force landlords to sign up to compulsory “framework” agreements for three years to give “rent certainty” to tenants.