Calls for legislation after reports of landlords charging upfront booking fees

There are calls for the Government to bring in legislation which would stop landlords charging prospective tenants upfront fees and high deposits.

Housing charity Threshold has revealed that one woman contacted them after she was told to being €500 with her to a viewing of a property. Threshold has since clarified that such fees were not "viewing fees" as originally believed, but upfront booking deposits, some of which were non-refundable.