The legislation, which passed its second stage vote by 75 to 55, also bans rent increases for tenants receiving the pandemic unemployment payment, or the temporary wage subsidy scheme. The new legislation is introduced as the previous pandemic emergency ban on evictions and rent increases comes to an end on August 1st. AttackSinn Féin housing spokesman Eoin Ó Broin said the Bill “is nothing short of an attack on renters. If the Bill is passed “rent increases are back on the table” and “existing and new notices to quit on all grounds are back on the table”, he claimed. “The tailored approach in this Bill targets a prohibition on rent increases to those who most need them.

Source: The Irish Times July 28, 2020 09:43 UTC