{"id":180,"date":"2016-11-22T15:04:33","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T15:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/taoiseach-must-act-urgently-to-prevent-looming-rent-hikes-and-spike-in-homelessness-this-winter\/"},"modified":"2016-11-22T15:04:33","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T15:04:33","slug":"taoiseach-must-act-urgently-to-prevent-looming-rent-hikes-and-spike-in-homelessness-this-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/taoiseach-must-act-urgently-to-prevent-looming-rent-hikes-and-spike-in-homelessness-this-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Taoiseach must act urgently to prevent looming rent hikes and spike in homelessness this winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of families across Ireland are facing massive rent hikes in the coming weeks.\u00a0 That\u2019s according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress-171047-532958.cloudwaysapps.com\/\">Social Democrats<\/a>, who today (21.11.16) called on Taoiseach Enda Kenny to take immediate action to prevent a spike in homelessness this winter.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>During Leaders\u2019 Questions in the D\u00e1il this afternoon, R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall TD, co-leader of the Social Democrats, said: \u201cRent certainty measures were introduced last December to prevent landlords hiking up rents year on year.\u00a0 These measures were far from perfect, but they offered some protection for cash-strapped tenants struggling to hold on to their homes in a market where rent prices were spiralling out of control.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, however, these measures are due to expire for many tenants on 3<sup>rd<\/sup> December, leaving them with the prospect of massive rent increases, particularly where the properties in question are controlled by vulture funds.\u00a0 For some families, this will result in them losing their homes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are calling on the Taoiseach to take immediate action to make sure this does not happen.\u00a0 Unless the rent certainty measures are extended with immediate effect, we will see a sharp spike in homelessness in the coming weeks.\u00a0 The longer we go without an extension, the more renters will be affected.\u00a0 There is a very real risk that the crisis in homelessness will become even more acute if the Government does not act now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Backdated Measures<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Deputy Shortall said the measures introduced last December meant landlords were prevented from raising rents for a period of two years.\u00a0 However, the measures were backdated for tenancies that began between December 2014 and December 2015, or where a rent review had occurred over that period.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause these measures were backdated, the two-year reprieve will end for many tenants in a few weeks\u2019 time,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyone who has been out at night during the recent cold weather must surely have been acutely aware of those sleeping rough.\u00a0 We should be doing all we can right now to get people off the streets and acting now to prevent further cases of homelessness.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYet the Government seems to lack any sense of urgency around addressing this issue.\u00a0 The current administration is great at creating a crisis, but a lot worse at resolving one.\u00a0\u00a0 We need urgent action now to keep families in their homes and off the streets this winter.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of families across Ireland are facing massive rent hikes in the coming weeks.\u00a0 That\u2019s according to the Social Democrats, who today (21.11.16) called on Taoiseach Enda Kenny to take immediate action to prevent a spike in homelessness this winter. &nbsp; During Leaders\u2019 Questions in the D\u00e1il this afternoon, R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall TD, co-leader of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,8,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-housing-crisis","category-latest-news","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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