Private rental market ‘no longer option’ under Hap with only 29 properties in latest data

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It also identified the lowest proportion of properties within Hap rates at 4.3 per cent of the total, compared to 10.8 per cent in the same month last year.

“In the context of the lifting of the [eviction] moratorium, these are very stark numbers. In the real world, when we look at these numbers through the lens of the people we support out of homelessness, the private rental market is no longer an option.” Limerick city centre and its surrounding suburbs had four properties available in each. There was also a decrease in availability found in 12 of the 16 study areas, excluding only Athlone, Galway City Suburbs, Sligo Town, and Portlaoise.

 

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