Rent certainty: Tenants ‘to save’ up to €1,700

Tenants will be spared rent increases of up to €1,700 next year because of the Government’s new Rent Certainty laws, it was claimed last night.

County-by-county figures given to Labour TDs and senators by Environment Minister Alan Kelly show what people would expect to pay in 2016 in extra rent had the measures not been introduced.

Mr Kelly was the subject of much criticism for the ongoing housing crisis in recent days and the release of the figures is a sign of the Labour Party’s desire to capitalise on any benefit from the new measures.