Landlords hit with sanctions for raising rents over the legal limit

Landlord have been sanctioned for improper conduct, including raising rents above legal limits.

The Residential Tenancies Board has issued nine sanctions against landlords for improper conduct, the majority for raising rents above the legal limits.

Since 2019, the RTB said its investigations had led to over €300,000 in overcharged rent being returned to tenants by landlords and almost €38,000 in sanctions paid by landlords to date.