Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, United Left) | Oireachtas source

The Minister is aware there are now more families being forced to become homeless because of the increase in private rents around the city, particularly in my area, Dublin 12, where rents have gone up by some 14% to 16% in the past six months. We are trying to manage a situation where people are coming in to us, saying their rents have been increased and they cannot get anywhere else because landlords are not accepting rent allowance, and have now gone so far as to put "No rent allowance" or "Work reference only allowed" on e-mails when looking to accept tenants. I want to know what procedure the Department has in place to deal with those issues.

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