Renters at risk of homelessness due to Government inaction

Estate agent giving house keys to customer and sign agreement in office. landlord generic rent

Renters are being put at risk of homelessness because of Government inaction on a deposit protection scheme signed into law more than five years ago.

The Government has been strongly criticised for failing to roll out the system, with Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien now suggesting that giving the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) responsibility for deposits may not be “value for money”.