The Private Rental Crisis: Towards a Solution

05/10/2016

P.J. Drudy: A recent survey of rising rents by Daft.ie is a further wake-up call for all of us and for the government. During the last three months alone private sector rents nationwide rose by almost 4% and have risen 39% since 2011. In Dublin rents rose by 11% last year and are now above their unsustainable peak in 2008. If these sorts of …