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:

Some landlords would have bad experiences, possibly with tenants, and they have got determination orders as a result. They were not paid rent, maybe for a long time. Perhaps damage was done to the property, as we have heard here earlier on today. There will be landlords like that.

Some landlords are possibly getting old and are saying that it is time to get out of the property market. These would be a small percentage because many of them will hand the properties over to their families or whatever the case may be. There are different reasons for this happening.