Calls for landlords to be stopped from evicting tenants when selling homes

"We need a ban on eviction where a landlord is selling. If the landlord is selling let them sell, but with the tenants in situ, that increases the likelihood of property being bought by another landlord," said Mr Ó Broin. File photo

Calls have been made to urgently ban landlords from evicting tenants when selling properties to stop a "relentless rise" in homelessness.

The latest figures from the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) show the number of termination notices and rent arrears warning notices have almost doubled from 271 in January to 532 in July.