Residential Tenancies Board

Houses available for rent down by almost 2% in 2018

Residential Tenancies Board concerned over ‘significant reduction’ in supply

Universities lobbied for exemption to student housing rent caps

Colleges claimed new measures would hinder efforts to deal with sexual assault cases

Criminal prosecutions over rogue landlords unlikely, regulator says

RTB likely to take civil cases against landlords instead of bringing criminal sanctions

Man who claimed notice to terminate tenancy was invalid loses High court case

Case over tenancy of Dublin apartment went to Residential Tenancies Board before it was appealed to High Court

Residential Tenancies Board seeks new board members

Since 2004 RTB has been tasked with overseeing a functioning rental housing sector

Occupy Summerhill: ‘We only go to direct action when we need to’

Activists who occupied a vacant house in Dublin city say they are not vigilantes

Landlord Paul Howard ordered to pay tenant €2,120 over eviction

Property owner involved in a number of disputes with tenants at Mountjoy Square

Landlords face jail and 1m fines for overcrowding properties

Dublin City Council calls for €4,000 fine for each day of offence in overhaul of laws

Housing: protecting tenants

Official policy has alternated between a do-nothing approach and fits of social housing

Landlord in eviction case has record of abusing tenants’ rights

Paul Howard has been the subject of several negative Residential Tenancies Board rulings

Will rent controls start to work in 2018?

Don’t count on it – there are four big factors militating against their success

Protest over Cork apartment evictions to be held at weekend

Over 20 families facing eviction from Leeside Apartments due to refurbishment works

Landlords will face prosecution for not meeting standards, Minister says

Local authorities will be funded to inspect 25 per cent of rental properties a year

The housing crisis: Fixing the damaged rental market

Irish society will have to accept that rental is no longer a short-term option

Rent pressure zone landlords ‘imposed illegal price hikes’

Tenancies board finds a large number of invalid rent increases following reforms

Requests for non-refundable ‘holding deposits’ on rise

Tenants claim landlords ask for payments to improve their chances of securing leases

Dublin rents hit record high after 10% rise nationwide

Average monthly cost of renting home in Dublin rises by €113 to reach all-time high

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