Simon Coveney urged to introduce rent control measures

Housing Minister Simon Coveney is facing mounting opposition pressure to include rent control measures in a Government plan to tackle the housing market when it is published next month.

The Fine Gael TD yesterday came under repeated fire as he insisted “the problem is not getting worse”, despite a new Focus Ireland report claiming more children are homeless now than ever before.

Speaking on RTÉ’s The Week in Politics programme, Mr Coveney said that a “comprehensive” plan to tackle the linked housing market and rental crises will be published by mid-December.