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Her overseas landlord has issued notices to quit under the same law to some of her neighbours, and to residents of at least two other apartment complexes in the city.
It wasn’t until after cabinet had decided to lift it that the public learnt the full extent of how many households had eviction notices.
A Dublin City Council report suggests just 75 cost-rental homes will be built in its area by the council, LDA and AHBs between now and the end of 2024. And that may be an overestimate.
Overholding can be risky, costly and stressful – but more tenants are considering it out of desperation.
Eighteen months ago, Darragh O’Brien announced an aggressive push to enforce rent controls. What happened next?
The Revenue Commissioners could force tenants to pay back the money if they claim the rent tax credit but their landlord fails to register their tenancy.
These were some of the issues that Dublin city councillors discussed at their March monthly meeting on Monday.
Landlords can legally add charges, but which charges are allowed is disputed. And it’s a practice that leaves tenants vulnerable to faster-growing payments even if, on paper, the rents have only risen in line with rent controls.
The issue of determination orders being ignored “could undermine the credibility of the board”, say the minutes of an RTB board meeting in 2021.
Since the RTB won’t hear a case unless it knows the landlord’s full name, his tenants struggled to get their complaints about him heard.
“We are going to be the new homeless,” says one. “I hope I’m wrong but I don’t see too many opportunities.”
Official figures show an small uptick in landlords telling the RTB they were claiming an exemption from rent-cap rules because their properties hadn’t been rented for a while, or ever. But the totals are still small.