Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 20 September 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Private Rental Sector: Discussion
John Cummins (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I just want to follow up on one question and a point that Mr. Davitt made in the limited circumstances. I was trying to work out how one would determine that. I suppose it would involve a situation where a notice to quit has not been issued. In such a circumstance, the landlord could then apply. Some 117 affordable purchase homes were advertised today for Waterford city by Waterford City and County Council. They are three and four-bed homes. Many couples and families who will move into those homes are in the private rental sector. Taking it in the round, one would have to imagine that some of them are probably paying below market rent because the landlord was caught out by a rent pressure zone being introduced. They have probably been in a tenancy for seven or eight years. To be clear, the point that Mr. Davitt is making is that in a circumstance where that couple is purchasing an affordable property, that landlord should be able to go to the market rent. Is that correct?
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