The private rental sector can be fixed to give security to tenants. Here's how

Combining full-security tenancies with short-term two-year tenancies for ‘accidental landlords’ and transient renters would safeguard tenants
The private rental sector can be fixed to give security to tenants. Here's how

There has been a continuous failure to deal with the lack of security of tenure experienced by tenants.

We are now two and half years into the Government’s Housing for All strategy, and it is clear that for the 330,000 households who live in the private rental sector, it is not working. 

The reason is simple: no one renting privately in Ireland has a secure home because a notice of termination may come through their door any day. 

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