It’s time to move beyond the rental stereotypes

Last week’s National Economic and Social Council (NESC) report, Ireland’s Private Rental Sector: Pathways to Secure Occupancy and Affordable Supply, is the latest in a series of reports by the council on housing in Ireland. Previous reports have focused on the owner-occupier and social housing sectors.

The report moved the debate on housing beyond the polarised arguments of renting versus buying, or landlord versus tenant, and recognised that joined-up reform to encourage security ...