Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

We have to address this issue and particularly the related issue of homelessness. There are a number of measures that the Government is looking at. Change is planned on the advertising of property in short-let Airbnb-type facilities in terms of restrictions to make sure those types of properties come back into the rented sector. There are changes to the rules so people are now entitled to three months notice rather than the previous 28 days, even in short lets, to avoid someone being evicted through that short-term method. There are changes in the law so local authorities through their financing mechanisms are able to purchase properties which landlords are threatening to sell in order to prevent eviction. Those three specific examples of measures the Government is taking are ways in which we can reduce this huge problem.

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