New rent laws will increase rents and evictions and fail to improve housing conditions for tenants, report says

Last week, the Cabinet formally approved new laws that will allow landlords to reset their rents to market rates every six years.

New rent pressure zone legislation will increase rents and evictions, and fail to improve housing conditions for tenants of corporate landlords, new research has suggested.

Contrary to Government claims that loosening rent controls will invite additional investment and incentivise landlords to upgrade properties, the opposite is likely to occur, an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report from Maynooth University and the Community Action Tenants Union found.