{"id":9346,"date":"2024-11-13T10:08:17","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T10:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/?p=9346"},"modified":"2024-11-13T10:08:17","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T10:08:17","slug":"outgoing-government-has-failed-miserably-to-get-a-grip-on-skyrocketing-rents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/outgoing-government-has-failed-miserably-to-get-a-grip-on-skyrocketing-rents\/","title":{"rendered":"Outgoing Government has failed miserably to get a grip on skyrocketing rents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Renters have been abandoned by the outgoing Government, according to Social Democrats housing spokesperson Cian O\u2019Callaghan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Daft.ie Rental Price Report for Q3 2024 has revealed that rents grew by over 7.2 per cent in the last year alone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe average monthly rent in Ireland is now \u20ac1,955. That is a staggering \u20ac23,460 a year and 91 per cent of the salary of a minimum wage worker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder this Government, renters are expected to work their lives away just to hand the majority of their wages over to their landlord \u2013 if they are lucky enough to find a place to live.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not good enough and it does not have to be this way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Social Democrats recently published a fully costed affordable housing plan that would deliver 75,000 genuinely affordable homes over the next five years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will give people a chance to move on from the private rental sector into a secure home where they can put down roots and spend more of their hard-earned money on things that matter to them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRenters have been left behind for far too long by Fine Gael and Fianna F\u00e1il. They will not forget this on election day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>November 13, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Renters have been abandoned by the outgoing Government, according to Social Democrats housing spokesperson Cian O\u2019Callaghan. \u201cThe Daft.ie Rental Price Report for Q3 2024 has revealed that rents grew by over 7.2 per cent in the last year alone. \u201cThe average monthly rent in Ireland is now \u20ac1,955. 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