Fianna Fáil: Higher rents if work carried out to improve property

Fianna Fáil would be willing to let landlords rise rents by up to 5% if they could show they carried out significant improvements to a property.

Although the Government had proposed a 4% limit on rent hikes in areas where rents have soared out of control, Fianna Fáil claimed this was too high and wanted it reduced to a cap of 2%.

But in proposed amendments to the Planning and Development (Housing and Residential Tenancies) Bill 2016, Fianna Fáil argued that in some circumstances, landlords should be allowed to increase rents further.