Student accommodation: Homeowners renting out rooms doubles in a decade

The number of people letting out rooms in their homes has more than doubled in a decade, tax relief figures suggest.

While there is no indication how many of these homeowners are renting to students, the Revenue Commissioners data predates campaigns to have more people avail of tax exemptions for owner-occupier landlords.

In 2004, just 2,300 people declared rental income under the rent-a-room tax relief scheme to the taxman.