Fears rent caps will discourage developers and cut supply

Rent caps or controls will stop developers building and therefore reduce the supply of housing, Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney has suggested.
Fears rent caps will discourage developers and cut supply
Sat, 17 Oct, 2015 - 01:00
Juno McEnroe

Tánaiste Joan Burton also said yesterday that 100,000 properties rented for social housing through landlords and property owners needed to remain available.

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