Government doesn’t understand rental sector
Look at the experience of the ’40s, ’50s, ’60s and ’70s: rent control was the cause of huge dereliction. Owners of rental properties were unable to maintain their properties due to the restrictions, which were eventually declared unlawful.
IPOA members were also frustrated with the Minister for the Environment’s handling of water charges with property owners responsible for handling the registration of tenants as customers with Irish Water, or in default, expected to pay the charge with a lien on their property for a service they wil not have benefitted from.
This is bullying by a Government who seem to make up the rules day by day.
There was also a round condemnation of the proposed introduction of a Deposit Protection Scheme as outlined by Environment Minister Alan Kelly. This will cause chaos among already hard pressed tenants. They will be faced with increased deposits and lengthy delays in recovering their deposits.
