Call for urgent action as rents up 10% in past year

With private rents now 10% higher across the country compared to a year ago, more measures are needed in addition to full rent certainty to stop people losing their homes, the Simon Communities has urged.

The latest Residential Tenancies Board rent index shows that, nationally, rents rose by just under 10% during the second quarter of this year, compared with a year earlier.

The index also shows that significant increases were not confined to the Dublin region, but also occurred in other parts of the country.