Independent valuation scrapped as promised protections for renters delayed

Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien has altered the model of right to buy protections that was pledged to renters when the Government decided to lift the eviction ban in March. Picture: Damien Storan

Protections that were promised to renters when the eviction ban was lifted have been delayed until the autumn.

New laws to give tenants a first refusal on the purchase of a house if a landlord decided to sell were announced as part of a raft of protections for renters by Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien when the Government decided to lift the eviction ban in March.