Call For Student Accommodation Not To Be Exempted From Rent Pressure Zone Controls – Dublin
The whopping 23% proposed increase in rent at Shanowen Hall, Santry will lead to upward pressure on all tenancies
Dublin City Councillor Paul McAuliffe has called on Minister Eoghan Murphy to bring all student accommodation in under the Government’s Rent Pressure Zone regulations and for the Residential Tenancies Board to extend its protections to all student renters.
Cllr. McAuliffe was commenting after attending a protest organised by DCU Students’ Union in Shanowen Hall, Santry where students are set to see their rents rocket by 23%. Students living in one room units with shared living spaces will now be forced to fork out €9000 for a nine month period …