Dáil committee report renews call for rent regulation
A draft report by the Dáil housing committee proposes the introduction of rent regulation and concludes that evidence it heard recommended future increases should be in line with inflation, a situation which elsewhere in Europe has not resulted in an exodus of landlords.
Proposals examined by the last government to link rent hikes to inflation were abandoned amid fears landlords would take a court challenge or leave the rental sector in their droves. A two-year rent freeze was eventually agreed which stops landlords increasing rates now until 2017.
