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[-] DScratch@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

So him and his friends can charge more rent and have the rest of us* pay for it. Is anything actually being done to bring prices down?

*I’m not currently paying tax in Ireland, but I’m still pissed off.

[-] slugger@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

His landlord friends can charge what the market permits. Rent pressure zones aren't working. Lately, more new builds (mostly not affordable homes), build to rent and cost rental homes are starting to appear on the market which should bring down demand for, and cost of, rental. Nowhere near enough. Tax breaks might result in more properties being available for rent which will be a factor the cost of renting. But right now, in the current rental market, these tax changes for landlords with only have the effect of increasing the profits of landlords including possibly 80 out of 220 TDs and senators.

https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2022/08/24/almost-80-tds-and-senators-are-landlords-property-owners-or-both/

Edit: spelling

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