Fresh calls for ban on evicting renters as numbers double in 12 months
Protestors at the National Homeless and Housing Coalition (NHHC) housing crisis rally at the Grand Parade in Cork. Picture: Eddie O'Hare
A fresh ban on evictions has been called for as the number of renters being forced from their homes by their landlords has more than doubled in the last 12 months, the can reveal.
New figures from the Rental Tenancies Board (RTB) show that between April and June, 1,781 renters were given notice to quit, compared to 841 during the same period last year when the temporary eviction ban, introduced under Covid-19, was lifted.
