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''No, we don't welcome it, it doesn't go anywhere near far enough''

Cabinet ministers will sign off tomorrow on new legislation which will see rent increases capped ...

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17.02 3 Nov 2021


''No, we don't welcome it, it doesn't go anywhere near far enough''


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17.02 3 Nov 2021


Cabinet ministers will sign off tomorrow on new legislation which will see rent increases capped at 2pc and indefinite tenancies put in place.

Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien has said that the laws will take effect by the end of this month.

They will see rent increases capped at 2pc, or the current rate of Harmonised Indices of Consumer Prices, whichever is lower.

Peter Dooley, co-founder of the Dublin Renters Union and Aoife, who is a landlord herself, joined Kieran to discuss...

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