{"id":1090,"date":"2020-07-25T07:10:28","date_gmt":"2020-07-25T06:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/minister-for-housing-must-clarify-if-he-intends-to-remove-pandemic-protections-for-most-tenants\/"},"modified":"2020-07-25T07:10:28","modified_gmt":"2020-07-25T06:10:28","slug":"minister-for-housing-must-clarify-if-he-intends-to-remove-pandemic-protections-for-most-tenants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/minister-for-housing-must-clarify-if-he-intends-to-remove-pandemic-protections-for-most-tenants\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister for Housing must clarify if he intends to remove pandemic protections for most tenants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking on the Bill on Residential Tenancies and Valuations 2020 to be rushed through the D\u00e1il next week, Social Democrat Housing spokesperson Cian O\u2019Callaghan T.D. said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Bill published by the Minister for Housing will end the ban on rent increases and the ban on evictions for most tenants. While there is an exception for tenants who make a declaration that they were affected by Covid-19 and in receipt of a state Covid-19 related payment \u2013 all other tenants will be subject to the resumption of rent increases and evictions from the beginning of August.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cFrontline workers who have been running essential services and vulnerable tenants who were not in receipt of a Covid-19 related payment will be excluded from any further pandemic protections.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Minister for Housing had previously indicated that he favoured extending protections for tenants \u2013 he must clarify if it is his intention with this Bill to remove protections for most tenants while we are still struggling with the fallout from Covid-19.\u201d<br \/>\n[ENDS]<\/p>\n<p>25th July 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking on the Bill on Residential Tenancies and Valuations 2020 to be rushed through the D\u00e1il next week, Social Democrat Housing spokesperson Cian O\u2019Callaghan T.D. said: \u201cThe Bill published by the Minister for Housing will end the ban on rent increases and the ban on evictions for most tenants. 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