There are approximately 300,000 private rental tenancies in the rental market, so it is not as if all of them are bad. Cost rental and affordable rental options will provide people with secure homes, certainty and affordability. I am looking forward to the measures the Government is introducing in the Affordable Housing Bill for cost rental tenure, affordable purchase shared equity and an increase in affordable purchase under Part V of the Housing and Development Act.
The Affordable Housing Bill provides that any housing must be below market rent. The Government has provided rental support through rent caps and pressure zones and has taken a proactive approach to housing, specifically in the context of protections for renters through the ban on evictions. However, the provision of housing does not end with rental properties.
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Tellers: Tá, Senators Jerry Buttimer and Robbie Gallagher; Níl, Senators Fintan Warfield and Paul Gavan.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment put: | Carried | 23–8 |
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