Sweeping new changes will be brought to Cabinet for approval on Tuesday after being signed off by the coalition party leaders and senior ministers on Monday night. 

For the first time, the average rent for existing tenancies grew at a faster rate than for new tenancies

Maurice Deverell, who lives in Dun Laoghaire, said there has been a significant decline in the number of landlords in the last two years.

The IPOA is urging the Government to introduce tax reforms and review current rental regulations to address the mass departure of property owners from the rental market.

Large landlords for more than one in five private tenancies in Dublin.

New Residential Tenancies Board figures show the proportion of landlords renting just one property is at its highest level ever.

Conor McGarry and his company RentDodo aims to solve issues facing tenants like being scammed by untrustworthy landlords or those that post fake ads for certain lettings.

Mary Lou McDonald called on a no-fault eviction ban to be introduced until March to prevent people being evicted at Christmas.

Almost one third of tenants said their rent is higher than it was when they began their tenancy

Mary Conway expressed her frustration with the Residential Tenancies Board

Mr Varadkar said the tax relief that could see landlords saving 600 euro in the first year, rising to 1,000 euro, was to stop them leaving the market

Budget 2024 included a temporary tax relief designed to benefit small landlords.

Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien has been pushing for the tax credit to be increased to almost €800.

It comes in the wake of media coverage of landlords seeking sex in exchange for accommodation.

Mr Cuffe was speaking on Newstalk Breakfast and later on RTÉ radio’s Today with Claire Byrne show when he said that tenants who were living in poorly insulated buildings were struggling to afford rising energy bills and, in some cases, rent increases.

The breakdown shows that 2,631 or 55 per cent of all notices are because a landlord is selling up.

Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien said it was too early to speculate on tax breaks for households in the budget

The Cork North-Central TD said the rental crisis was causing young people to stay at home with their parents for far longer than most would wish

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Sinn Féin housing spokesman Eoin O Broin has introduced a Bill to extend the eviction ban until January 31st

Tanaiste Micheal Martin defended the Government’s decision during heated exchanges at Leaders’ Questions.

The Dail heard that the eviction ban being lifted amid high rates of homelessness was ‘a betrayal of ordinary, vulnerable people’.

Sinn Féin has called on the Coalition to reverse its decision and extend the ban until the new year

The party is calling for the Government to extend the ban until the new year.

Government ministers held a meeting to finalise the wording of a counter-motion on the issue

The Tánaiste said Covid-19 and the cost of living crisis had damaged confidence in the housing market last year

It comes as the government is considering increasing the rate paid as a tax benefit to renters in the budget.

The latest of Interests shows that the current number of landlords in the Dáil has dropped from the 35 listed in the previous Dáil.

The Taoiseach said that pitting landlords against renters is a ‘false narrative’ making Ireland’s homelessness problems worse.

Ms Finnegan told RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland that landlords have been leaving the rental sector for the past 10 years and were “speaking with their feet”

It comes after a survey indicated that 40% of sales instructions in the last quarter of 2022.

Landlords will exit the rental market in large numbers this year, the report predicts, a continuation of the trend from 2022. In the final quarter of 2022, SCSI agents estimated that 40 per cent of properties being put on the market for sale were landlords selling investment property.

Threshold's latest report shows its advisors are handling an average of 472 queries a month from people being told they have to leave their rented properties.

The chair of the Residential Tenancies Board Tom Dunne said demand is behind increasing rents

Landlords had lobbied for tax incentives to help them stay in the rental market.

Thousands of landlords have been leaving the market recently, prompting fears it will lead to fewer rental properties in an already stretched market.

Darragh O’Brien’s comments come after two Cabinet ministers failed to their rental properties

The Residential Tenancies Board has issued a statement after Stephen Donnelly itted to not ing a Dublin property correctly.

It emerged on Wednesday that Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly had not ed a rental property with the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) on time

Focus Ireland's director said the homelessness crisis is likely "much worse than the numbers we are seeing"

Between April to June this year, Threshold helped 1,133 individuals and families to avoid entering homelessness