Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2024
Public bill · Government · Presented
The measure changes the rules for student-specific accommodation. It would stop landlords from demanding more than one month’s rent in advance, unless the student is paying rent and tuition fees to the same provider; cap these stays at 41 weeks unless the student agrees otherwise; and let a student on a fixed-term contract give 28 days’ notice between 1 May and 1 October even without any landlord breach. It also gives the Residential Tenancies Board power to deal with landlords who ignore those rules, which matters because it is meant to protect students from being overcharged or locked into accommodation for the full summer.
Formal long title
Bill entitled an Act to provide for arrangements to apply to tenancies of dwellings referred to in section 3(1A) of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004; in the case of those tenancies to permit advance payment of rent exceeding an amount equivalent to one month’s rent only where a person is paying both rent and tuition fees to the same person; to limit the duration of those tenancies, other than at the request of the prospective tenant, to not more than 41 weeks; to apply sanctions for improper conduct by a landlord in relation to the duration of those tenancies; to enable a tenant of a dwelling referred to in section 3(1A) of that Act of 2004, whether or not a landlord has failed to comply with any obligations of the tenancy, to serve a notice of termination in the period between 1 May and 1 October in any year; and for those and other purposes to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 2004.
Last updated 30 August 2024
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- Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second and Subsequent Stages Seanad
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