Macroom and Carlow latest areas to become rent pressure zones

Macroom and Carlow Local Electoral Areas will become the latest rent pressure zones from today amid warnings that current levels of rent inflation are “not sustainable”.

The Department of Housing confirmed that Macroom in Co Cork and Carlow town will become the latest RPZs after the latest Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) Rent Index showed that between April and June, both areas met the criteria for inclusion. It brings to 44 the number of RPZs across the country.