After The Currency reported the idea of the council moving its HQ, councillors were talking about and thinking through the pros and cons and implications.
The Property Services Regulatory Authority (PSRA) is drawing up a code of conduct for those it oversees – which will cover issues such as fees charged to tenants.
Planning documents list the many amenities in planned shared-living developments. But those living there may have fewer rights than renters in traditional homes.
For years the government’s been promising a scheme in which a third party would hold onto a tenant’s deposit until they moved out, rather than their landlord.
There’s more people renting now in Dublin than at any time in recent history, and they’re paying more for less. This episode looks at the city’s rental sector, and those squeezed into it.
The Residential Tenancies Board now offers accreditation to landlords if they volunteer for a day-long training and test. Some say it should be compulsory.
Ultimately, we need more public housing. But that shouldn’t stop the government regulating short-term lets in the meantime, writes UCD lecturer Andy Storey.
Iness and Michel Lunga went to the council, the RTB and the Gardaí for help, but last week had to move out. A previous tenant says he went through something similar.
In one part of the north inner city, more than 35 percent of households had more than one person per room. And more than 8 percent had more than 2.5 people per room. Guess which?
