Residential tenancies loopholes
Richard Boyd Barrett says Housing Minister Simon Coveney has again signalled legislation because gaps in residential tenancies law let vulture funds evict tenants and raise rents. The Taoiseach says he knows the case and will come back to the Deputy later that evening.
Curiously, the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, Deputy Simon Coveney, seems to be promising a lot of legislation.
Comment on this
The most recent promise or suggestion of new legislation from the Minister, Deputy Coveney, came this morning in response to a piece in the media about the Robin Hill apartments, which I raised last week. He responded this morning to the huge gaps and loopholes in the residential tenancies legislation, which are allowing vulture funds to evict people, ratchet up rents through back doors and get around the Tyrellstown amendment, by saying that a review of the legislation in this area will occur. When will that happen? It is a matter of absolute urgency because vulture funds are putting huge holes in the Minister's legislation by driving a coach and four through it. We need urgent legislative action to close those loopholes.
