Housing and homeless charities welcome rental reforms

Housing and homeless charities have given a broad welcome to the government's package of reforms for the rental sector.

Among the measures is a two year rent freeze for tenants whose rent rose in 2015.

Developers who build affordable homes in Dublin and Cork will have their council reimbursed.

And landlords will get tax incentives to rent to those on social housing supports.

However, the Residential Landlords Association has criticised the package, describing it as "a bureaucratic nightmare".