Government measures to solve rent and housing crisis delayed another week

The Government’s package of plans to tackle the rent and housing crisis has been held up for another week.

The measures — which include limiting rent increases to once every two years — will now not be introduced until December, instead of this month as promised. The delay has been blamed on the volume of amendments which have been made to the legislation.

It comes as the CSO released its Annual Survey on Income and Living Conditions which revealed 1.3m people are experiencing deprivation — up 650,000 since this Government came to office.