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

Pat Dennigan, chief executive of Focus Ireland, said there is a need to amend the tax treatment of small landlords. Picture: RollingNews.ie

Landlords who waive their evict-to-sell rights should be given tax breaks, which put them on parity with corporate landlords, to stem the exit of small-time property investors from the rental market, a new policy paper has proposed.

Over the past five years, the number of properties registered with the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) has declined by more than 43,000 homes. Research by the RTB has shown that 51 per cent of those who had exited ...