Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 20 September 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Private Rental Sector: Discussion
Mr. Patrick Davitt:
On the sale of these properties that the Vice Chairman is speaking about, if somebody takes a long-term lease on the property, he or she has the leasehold on the property and the landlord has the freehold on the property. At any time, the landlord can sell that freehold of the property based on the covenant that he or she has. Landlords can still sell the property if they want. Whether I am the landlord, Mr. McCourtney is the landlord or Mr. Coffey is the landlord makes no difference to the tenant because the tenant holds the leasehold on the property.
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