Residents near UCC call for legal crackdown on rented homes sector

'No tenants should be left at the mercy of the personality of the landlord,' says residents' association

The residents of Magazine Road and the surrounding areas, close to University College Cork, said their experience during the Covid-19 public health crisis has exposed serious shortcomings in the management of rented houses of multiple occupancy. Picture: iStock

Residents whose lives were made hell by Covid lockdown parties in Cork’s university precinct have called for a raft of new laws to crack down on a specific sector of the rented housing sector.

The residents of Magazine Road and the surrounding areas, close to University College Cork, said their experience during the Covid-19 public health crisis has exposed serious shortcomings in the management of rented houses of multiple occupancy (HMOs).