Simon Coveney: Landlords ‘need to change attitudes’ to tenants in receipt of State rent supports

Landlords need to change their attitude to tenants in receipt of State rent supports, the housing minister has said.

Simon Coveney was speaking yesterday at the launch of Cork Simon’s 2015 annual report, which shows that it was the homeless charity’s busiest year ever.

Against the backdrop of decreasing numbers of rental properties, rising rents, and claims that landlords are still refusing tenants on the increased state rent support rates, the report shows: