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Govt moves to change Rent Pressure Zones system
- The Government is moving to change the Rent Pressure Zones system, with a Cabinet meeting scheduled for Tuesday morning to decide on the proposals.
- These adjustments come in response to a report from the Housing Commission released in July last year, which criticized RPZs and suggested replacing them with a reference rent system linked to comparable local properties.
- The Government plans to ease rent increase caps for newly-built homes by tying them to inflation rather than limiting increases to 2%, while keeping existing tenancy caps unchanged.
- The reforms propose establishing six-year secure tenancies with limitations on no-fault evictions during this period, along with the possibility of adjusting rents every six years. Deputy Carrigy emphasized that these changes could mark a transformative moment for renters in the near future.
- These proposals aim to boost private investment and housing supply while maintaining tenant protections, though Opposition parties are expected to scrutinize any easing of RPZ restrictions closely.
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World NewsLandlords can increase rents if new Rent Pressure Zones proposal goes ahead
Landlords will be able to significantly hike rents beyond current caps to market rates in between tenancies of at least six years, under rent reforms being considered by Government.
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Homelessness Will Increase If RPZ Reforms Are Pursued, Government Warned
Planned reforms to Rent Pressure Zones (RPZs) could lead to an increase in homelessness, a charity has warned. The changes to rent regulations anticipated next week are set to be debated by Cabinet. Rents in an RPZ cannot be increased by more than the general rate of inflation or 2% per year, whichever is lower. They were first introduced in Dublin and Cork in 2016 for a period of three years, but have since been expanded across the country. Ho…
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