Housing

Under pressure: Rural tenants left without rent protection as rules on increases can’t apply

Some tenants of rural homes are facing huge rent hikes as rent pressure zone rules don’t apply to certain country communities and a lack of data means they cannot meet the necessary criteria

Aleksandra Dabrowska, at her home in Cnoc na Sí estate in Tubbercurry, Co Sligo: ‘I think the way the RPZ rules are designed make it very unfair to people renting in rural communities.’ Picture: James Connolly