As provided for in this amendment, the setting of rent under the tenancy of a dwelling in a rent pressure zone at any time after the commencement of section 3 of this Bill may not occur in the period of three years from the commencement of that section. For example, if a landlord set a rent at €1,000 for the existing tenant and did not review the rent during a three-year tenancy, he or she could legally set a new rent for the subsequent tenant of €1,060 in line with the new cap of 2% per annum pro rata if HICP inflation is higher.
We do not want to incentivise annual rent reviews in rent pressure zones for existing tenants. In all cases, section 19(1) of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004, as amended, prohibits any rent being set that exceeds the market rent.
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Tellers: Tá, Deputies Ged Nash and Richard Boyd Barrett; Níl, Deputies Jack Chambers and Brendan Griffin.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Question put: : "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." | Carried | 87–44 |
| Question put: | Carried | 87–48 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 54–72 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 50–72 |
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