‘No messing around’ – Entire country to become Rent Pressure Zone within weeks in scramble to stop rent hikes

Housing Minister James Browne vows ‘no messing around’ but experts warn of ‘overwhelming incentive’ for rent increases

Government trying to place entire country under a Rent Pressure Zone soon to stop landlords hiking prices

Gabija Gataveckaite

The Government will scramble to make the entire country a Rent Pressure Zone (RPZ) within weeks to stop landlords from hiking rents.

Laws will be sped up to take the entire country into an RPZ where annual rent hikes of 2pc or inflation rates, whichever is lower, will apply.