{"id":412,"date":"2018-02-13T00:01:34","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T00:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/nationwide-rent-caps-urgently-needed-until-supply-catches-up-with-demand\/"},"modified":"2018-02-13T00:01:34","modified_gmt":"2018-02-13T00:01:34","slug":"nationwide-rent-caps-urgently-needed-until-supply-catches-up-with-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/nationwide-rent-caps-urgently-needed-until-supply-catches-up-with-demand\/","title":{"rendered":"Nationwide rent caps urgently needed until supply catches up with demand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Social Democrats co-leader Catherine Murphy TD has today called on the government to immediately introduce nationwide rent caps as figures published by Daft.ie show that rents across the country have yet again reached an all-time high.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Today\u2019s Daft.ie report states that the average rent nationwide for the last quarter of 2017 was \u20ac1,227 per month, with Dublin rents at \u20ac1,822, up 10.9 per cent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Deputy Murphy said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese figures show that rents are continuing to rise to totally unsustainable levels across the country. In Dublin, rental costs have skyrocketed beyond levels not seen since the Celtic Tiger and\u00a0are now 26 per cent, or almost \u20ac380 a month (\u20ac4,500 a year) higher than their previous peak in 2008.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cHow much more evidence of astronomical and unaffordable rents and lack of supply does the Minister for Housing need to see before he acknowledges that the rental market is entirely broken and that an emergency response is now needed?<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cRent pressure zones were supposed to curb rent increases by capping rents in key urban areas. It is now beyond time for the government to face facts \u2013 rent pressure zones have failed and the only way to make rents affordable is to apply proper rent certainty measures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Deputy Murphy called for an immediate linking of rents to the Consumer Price Index until there is sufficient housing to drive down rents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">She added:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe Social Democrats recently published our Renters\u2019 Charter, a 12-point plan that would provide real breathing space and more security for all tenants. We need to see nationwide rent caps that are properly policed by strengthened regulation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cOur recent <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress-171047-532958.cloudwaysapps.com\/heres-plan-make-renting-secure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2018<\/a> extends the minimum notice period for termination of tenancies and strengthens tenants\u2019 rights in relation to how rent caps are currently monitored and applied.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">12 February 2018<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">ENDS<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Social Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress-171047-532958.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Renters-Charter-FINAL-1.pdf\">Renters&#8217; Charter<\/a> outlines what we will do to strengthen renters rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Social Democrats co-leader Catherine Murphy TD has today called on the government to immediately introduce nationwide rent caps as figures published by Daft.ie show that rents across the country have yet again reached an all-time high. 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