Rent controls would kill off property investment, landlord group warns

One of the country’s largest landlord groups has warned the Coalition over introducing rent controls, saying they would kill off investment in the property market and rental sector.

The caution to Finance Minister Michael Noonan emerges as the Government scrambles to find a solution to the housing crisis and soaring rents in the capital.

Documents obtained by the Irish Examiner reveal the attempts made, just before the budget, to influence Mr Noonan to drop plans for “rent certainty”.