Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 29 November 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board

Photo of Steven MatthewsSteven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party)
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Yes. One of the reasons that we see tenants is that the landlord is going to sell. If there was a requirement that the landlord can or must sell with the tenant in situ, I do not know quite how we would do it, would that be another factor that landlords would see as over-regulation and loss of control over what they consider to be their property?