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’

Martin tells Business Post government working to ‘shift the balance’ in rental market

Tánaiste says government will avoid ‘knee-jerk’ reactions when considering incentives to stem the flow of landlords out of rental sector

It 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

The 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

Fianna 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

Small, 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?

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

Our 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