Investment, not further rent control, is best way to stabilise rental sector
Around 40 countries worldwide (including Ireland) have a form of rent control enshrined in legislation
As rents continue to increase in urban Ireland, it is neither surprising nor is it the first time that the existing rent control framework has come under renewed scrutiny.
In 2000, faced with a spiralling affordability problem and rapidly increasing rents, the government commissioned a review of the private rented residential sector.
The commission examined the (then) legislative provisions surrounding rent agreements, and explored rent control models as a way of protecting both sitting and new...
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