Rent pressure zone caps 'showing benefit' to tenants across Ireland, watchdog says

RTB is to begin an investigation into persistently high rents in Galway, which has had high growth for eight consecutive quarters.

The head of Ireland’s rental watchdog has said its regulation of rent controls — which may be scrapped by the Government at the end of the year — are “showing benefits” for tenants across the country.

She said she has written to the Housing Agency to express the Residential Tenancies Board’s (RTB) view on rent pressure zones, as that agency compiled a report making recommendations on the future of the controls to minister for housing James Browne.