Amendment No. 1 seeks to introduce a rent freeze for a period of 36 months before a landlord would be subject to a rent cap of 2%, as set out in the Bill. Non-compliance with the rent caps within a number of the rent pressure zones has given rise to rent increases in excess of the 4% limit.
As provided for in this amendment, the setting of a rent under the tenancy of a dwelling in a rent pressure zone at any time after the commencement of section 3 may not occur in the period of three years from the commencement of that section. The landlord could forgo annual rent increases for the existing tenants in the knowledge that he or she could legally increase a rent by 2% per annum pro rata when annual replacement tenancy is agreed.
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Tellers: Tá, Senators Fintan Warfield and Marie Sherlock; Níl, Senators Jerry Buttimer and Robbie Gallagher.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment put: | Lost | 7–27 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 7–29 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 7–29 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 5–24 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 5–24 |
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