budget 2024 Housing: Landlords must stay in market until 2027 to claim tax reliefNew Budget 2024 measures mean rental income of €3,000 next year will be disregarded at the standard rate for small landlords
Housing Irish Property Owners Association suggests 25% income tax for landlords to address housing crisisRepresentative body for landlords also wants extension of capital gains tax relief and lowering of capital acquisitions tax
Housing Revenue to help tenancy watchdog identify ‘shadow’ landlordsTax body aims to share data by year’s end, to help Residential Tenancies Board track down an estimated 124,000 unregistered rental properties
Housing A house divided: politicians and officials split over tax breaks for landlordsThe Minister for Housing say tax cuts for owners of rental properties are necessary to keep them in the market, but he faces opposition
Housing Landlords seeking ‘sex for rent’ to face €20,000 fines under new Sinn Féin billIssue was highlighted in a recent RTÉ Prime Time investigation
Housing Landlords’ lobby group welcomes end of eviction ban after Dáil vote Irish Property Owners Association says government commitments to provide tax relief to landlords are the ‘first meaningful effort by politicians to recognise the strategic importance of landlords in solving the rental crisis’
Housing Tánaiste: tax treatment of small landlords is ‘not fair’Martin tells Business Post government working to ‘shift the balance’ in rental market
Housing Micheál Martin rules out landlord tax breaks ahead of BudgetTánaiste says government will avoid ‘knee-jerk’ reactions when considering incentives to stem the flow of landlords out of rental sector
Housing Sarah Hamill: Landlords and tenants could both be aggrieved by the government’s ‘first refusal’ planIt is hard to fully tease out the constitutional issues which may arise from the announcement that tenants will get the first chance to buy their home from their landlord, but there could be trouble ahead
BP Exclusive McGrath assessing small landlord tax breaks rejected by Donohoe last yearThe now Minister for Public Expenditure rejected a range of proposals to stem the exodus of landlords from the market, just before the eviction ban last year
Housing Lucinda Creighton: Capitulation to SF leaves government afraid to back sensible housing policyFianna Fáil and Fine Gael should have a basic understanding of the need for landlords in the market; instead, they have tried to regulate them out of existence as they look over their shoulder at the opposition
Housing Why landlords are refusing to live with current renting rulesSmall, or accidental, landlords are leaving the market in increasing numbers. Can the government persuade them to stay with tax incentives and improved terms, or has it left it too late?
Housing Landlords waiving eviction rights should get tax breaks, says policy paper Focus Ireland and Chartered Accountants have devised a list of policy measures government could implement to stem the exit of small landlords from the rental market
Commercial Property Analysis: New tax incentives could entice investors back into Irish property marketOur addiction to housing appears to be on the wane, but measures to make buying more attractive could bring some of the €136 billion held in household savings back into the market
