T McGibney
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Neither has he. The senator's name is actually Boyhan.
Neither has he. The senator's name is actually Boyhan.Sorry, I haven't looked at the membership for a while.
There is the spirit and the letter of the law. As so many have observed our rules seem to be mirroring mainland Europe. Could it be possible our political masters are taking their orders from there?The RTB operates within the legislation it was set up under.
Complain to the politicians about the stupid laws, and not the agency charged with enforcing them.
Brendan
Unfortunately not. When they were, after we screwed up our economy and they had to come in and fix it, things really improved.Could it be possible our political masters are taking their orders from there?
That's what this needs, a good conspiracy theory!As so many have observed our rules seem to be mirroring mainland Europe. Could it be possible our political masters are taking their orders from there?
There is the spirit and the letter of the law. As so many have observed our rules seem to be mirroring mainland Europe. Could it be possible our political masters are taking their orders from there?
To be fair, those on rent-a-room scheme are literally the only landlords left receiving upfront tax exemptions. It is perfectly fair that they be expected to give something back in the form of reasonable regulatory oversight.Meanwhile this
puts fear into my heart as a provider of rooms for the past 4 years.People renting a room ‘effectively have no rights’, housing charity says
‘Paradox’ in rent-a-room tax breaks compared to small landlords, Threshold sayswww.irishtimes.com
I have shared my house with students, and people new to the area looking for their own place, usually for a few months, longer when Covid hit. But always knowing the house was in my control if difficulties arose. Any "profit" after paying extra electricity, heating, and bin costs, or replacing appliances has been put back into making a more comfortable home for the next paying guests.
I won't be the only one closing my doors if that changes.
Do they really want another housing option to close?
How ironic that the SF spokesperson is quite happy to acknowledge the truth in the quiet safety of a committee hearing almost nobody will actually ever notice.Interesting exchange at Oireachtas Housing Committee 15 Oct 2019.Chairman of RTB proferred an opinion that Landlords were leaving the market because of difficult Tenants and that Ireland had strong Tenancy rights.S.F housing spokesperson disagreed.He said Landlords were leaving because property prices had recovered to a point where Landlords could break even.A prescient observation and just a little premature in light of increasing prices.However my worry is this- is he implying that Landlords should not behave rationally in selling at an opportune time.If so is the concept of Rational Consumer to be suspended at the alter of some dystopian revision of conventional economic practice.I am afraid it is and do not see any point in complaining to some politicians who seem to occupy a Universe which is parallel to mine and who one day could assume office in our country
That's precisely what they do mean.Of course none of the critics have any idea of who will provide rented accommodation in the absence of these investors and with small landlords fleeing the market. The stock answer is 'the state needs to be doing more' as if the state should be providing accommodation for trainee accountants or software engineers working in Google!
We will now look at measures taken by the RTB to help the situation. Clearly, complex legislation and rules can give rise to confusion or to a risk of inadvertent non-compliance. Having a clear and streamlined legislative framework in place would make it easier for property owners and tenants to understand and comply with their responsibilities, which would have a positive impact on the sector overall. There would also be benefits for the RTB in terms of process improvement and reduced administrative overheads. The RTB will engage further with the Department in 2023 on the case for reform of the Residential Tenancies Act.
In 2023, the data analysis and reporting capabilities of the RTB will improve significantly as a result of the introduction of annual registration in April 2022 and of our new tenancy registration system in November last year. We acknowledge that the new registration system has created difficulties for some property owners and agents and we are working hard to address these. However, as we move towards the completion of the first cycle of annual registration in April next year, we remain confident that annual registration will provide the RTB with much greater visibility on rents for both existing and new tenancies.
I will deal with the issue of the service quality from the RTB at the moment. There is no doubt that the current situation is a long way short of what one would regard as acceptable. We take it very seriously and are working very hard to remedy it. I have been with the RTB for the last ten months. Coming into the role, I have discovered that our systems and processes are not working well and people are finding it difficult to deal with the RTB. Unfortunately, that is a fact. This is despite the work of many highly committed predecessors of mine over the years
The RTB has undergone a lot of change over the last four years and there was the pandemic as well. I am not using any of that as a get-out clause. I simply want to illustrate the difficulties that arise for small public bodies and the RTB is a small public body trying to deal with quite a complex area of administration using complex legal provisions. I can say that from my own experience, as someone who does not come from this background but from a different area of social regulation. Coming to terms with the rules and provisions of the Residential Tenancies Act and the way in which they have changed over the last five years is certainly a significant challenge for me, as it is for many people in the sector
The theory is that you are selling into an owner-occupied market so the price will be higher. Whether or not it is a fact, certainly it is a fear that landlords have and they prefer to get the tenant out and sell the property with vacant possession. A comparison is often made with the commercial market in this area. That is a false comparison because if you are selling a commercial property, the quality of the tenant paying the rent is an issue for the entire investment. If you are buying an investment which is a property with a tenant, then you can check their accounts and so on
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