The stopgap measure would provide a three-year window of “rent predictability” to allow housing supply to catch up with demand, he said. Threshold’s main concern is the resetting of rents to market rates, which “comes at quite a cost to renters”. The Government must “closely monitor” the data around market rent rates and how people on pensions are affected, he added. A Department of Housing spokesman said the measures aim to “boost investment” in rental housing stock and “keep existing landlords in the market”. “The changes will also provide significantly stronger tenancy protections and are finely balanced between the interests of tenants and the need for further private investment in the rental market.”

Source: The Irish Times March 01, 2026 10:36 UTC