Positive news coming for tenants

Having proper rent regulations in place will give more confidence to both tenant and landlord, which could then help supply

While there are plenty of flaws to be found in the rental system, there are positive signs that change is on the horizon.

Some encouragement should be taken from the fact that the rental system does seem capable of looking at itself in the mirror of a Monday morning and recognising what it is and what, therefore, needs doing to improve the prospects.

At a joint Oireachtas sub-Committee meeting at the end of November last, the head of the RTB (Residential Tenancies Board) Niall Byrne was called to account and had this to say in his opening statement: