Housing and Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026
Public bill · Government · Presented
Social housing support would be limited to households where every member is lawfully resident and ordinarily living in Ireland, with some exceptions for children and a list of protected immigration and protection categories. It would also give people a right to appeal certain housing authority decisions, with rules for how appeals are made and decided. The rest of the bill updates the rules for private renting: it strengthens penalties and fixed-payment notices, tightens and clarifies eviction and rent-setting procedures, improves Residential Tenancies Board hearings and enforcement, and adds new powers for dealing with anti-social behaviour and rent-registration breaches.
Formal long title
Bill entitled an Act to provide for additional requirements, relating to residency in the State, to be satisfied in order to be eligible for social housing support; to provide for an appeal of certain decisions relating to social housing support; for those purposes to amend the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009; to provide for additional eligibility criteria for access to certain services provided to homeless persons under section 10 of the Housing Act 1988; to provide for withdrawal of such services in certain cases; to provide for an appeal in respect of such withdrawal; for those purposes to amend the Housing Act 1988; to make provision in relation to the conduct of mediations, adjudications and Tribunal hearings, and the determination of disputes, by the Residential Tenancies Board, and the enforcement of such determinations; to increase the penalties for summary offences and to provide for the service of fixed payment notices in respect of certain offences under the Residential Tenancies Act 2004; to provide that the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 shall not apply to certain dwellings; for those and other purposes to amend that Act; and to provide for related matters.
Last updated 28 July 2026
- Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage Primary
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- Housing and Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Committee and Remaining Stages Seanad
- Housing and Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Second Stage Seanad
- Housing and Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Report and Final Stages Dáil
- Housing and Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Committee Stage (Resumed) Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage
- Housing and Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Committee Stage (Resumed) Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage
- Housing and Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Committee Stage Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage
- Housing and Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Second Stage Dáil
- Housing and Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Referral to Select Committee Dáil