There are calls for a clampdown on landlords illegally inflating rents in Clare.
Kilrush Independent Councillor Ian Lynch is asking the Housing Minister to review legislation which he claims is facilitating “unsustainable rent inflation and placing additional pressure on tenants already struggling in the midst of an ongoing housing crisis”.
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According to the Residential Tenancies Act 2004, the amount of rent charged to a tenant mustn’t be greater than the market rent for that type of tenancy at that time.
Councillor Lynch believes some landlords are benchmarking rents against short-term rental prices to charge more than they’re legally allowed to.
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