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Landlords can impose 8% rent increase on some tenants in Rent Pressure Zones as freeze ends
Measures that provided for a rent freeze for those in financial trouble were implemented during the pandemic. By Hayley Halpin Friday 28 May 2021, 11:18 AM 1 hour ago 6,794 Views 19 Comments
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Image: Shutterstock/Pompaem Gogh
CONCERNS HAVE BEEN raised as its been confirmed that landlords will be able to impose rent increases of up to 8% on some tenants as the Covid-19 rent freeze comes to an end.
Measures that provided for a temporary ban on evictions and a rent freeze for those in financial trouble were implemented during the pandemic in Ireland. Current measures are sent to end in July.
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17th May 2021
Concerns have been expressed about an ‘unethical underbelly’ in the rental market in Clare, amid claims that some landlords in this county are charging tenants higher rent prices off the books.
It comes as the Department of Housing considers an alternative to Rent Pressure Zones, which will be replaced with a new system next year.
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A number of recent housing reports have suggested that rents in Clare are rising at a faster rate than most other counties across the country.
It’s the Residential Tenancies Board though that decides whether electoral areas across the country can be designated a rent pressure zone, and therefore rent caps, which would mean rents could go up by no more than four percent a month.