The Housing Minister is being called on to listen to the voices of those affected the most by the rental crisis.
The cost of renting a home in Clare has risen by over ten percent in the past year and experts have warned that further rises could be on the cards.
A campaign meeting seeking to halt the rapid pace of rental prices takes place in Limerick this week.
Over the last twelve months, the cost of renting a home in Clare has risen by 11 per cent, and housing experts have warned that rents have the potential to rise again by more than 25 per cent.
The Housing Minister has said that a new strategy for the rental sector will be published within a month, but Simon Coveney has refused to say if it will include measures to control rising rents.
Lorcan Sirr, who's a lecturer in housing at DIT, says the cost of renting is fuelling wage demands from workers:
A group looking for secure and stable rents in Clare and across Munster is calling on the Housing Minister to listen to the voice of those affected the most.
The Secure Rent Campaign wants rental prices to be linked to the cost of living, and to see a move towards indefinite lease terms.
A meeting is taking place at the IMPACT office in Limerick this Thursday night and Lead Organiser with the IMPACT trade union Joe O'Connor says high rental prices are having a huge impact on peoples' lives.
Meanwhile, as the government looks to address housing supply, the Minister responsible says he's determined to avoid bad planning of the past in future social housing developments.
Thousands of new homes will be built in mixed public private developments and Minister Simon Coveney says planning is key to solving the crisis.