As the government courts more international money for Ireland’s rental sector, tenants say they want more transparency around who they are renting from.
In his efforts to make sure his apartment complex in Swords is secure and maintained, he’s up against a Cypriot subsidiary of a fund with more than half-a-billion euro worth of property in Ireland.
The Residential Tenancies Board has published the names of landlords it has fined or cautioned for breaking laws governing rental homes, including Propmaster Ventures.
The building, which has literary connections and a prominent location in the village, is falling apart. It’s not clear what the owner’s plans are for it.
Those proposing the move said the council had agreed to a plan with 768 homes, but now Bartra is pursuing a denser, taller development. Those opposing it said it couldn’t legally be done.
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council decided in 2019 not to build housing for Travellers on the site, saying it planned to sell it. Now it’s back to housing again.
It’s a problem the government will have to navigate as it rolls out a promise to introduce minimum BER ratings for private rentals by 2025, “where feasible”.
