Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Government could scrap RPZs tomorrow and allow landlords to reset rents between tenancies and market rent, but not a single new home would be built. How do we know? We know because that was the case a number of years ago. Institutional investors were investing in the market when RPZs were first introduced. It is ECB interest rate rises that have caused the problem.

Given that renters are paying higher rents than ever before and have more insecure tenancies, the idea that this Government has their back is nonsense.

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