OVER 5,700 notices to quit issued to tenants

OVER 5,735 notices to quit were issued to tenants from landlords in the second quarter of 2023, new data from the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) shows, 1,000 up on the first quarter this year.

In Q2, 3,633 landlords said they were issuing an eviction notice because they were selling the property. This is up from 2,631 in Q1 and 2,513 in the last quarter of 2021.

In 2022, legislation came into effect that requires landlords to send a copy of all notices of termination to the RTB on the same day it is served on the tenant.

Sinn Féin TD and the party's housing spokesperson, Eoin Ó Broin, said the increase in eviction notices was not surprising.

"Unfortunately, none of this is a surprise. Once the ban on no-fault evictions ended, we expected to see an increase in notices to quit," Mr Ó Broin said.

He said that it was clear that landlords selling their properties were a key driver of the rising notices to quit.

Mr Ó Broin added that it was "logical" to assume that while not all people evicted will become homeless, there is a link between evictions and the record level of homelessness across the state. While he called for the reintroduction of the no-fault eviction ban, Mr Ó Broin admitted that it alone was not enough and that there needed to be further investment in cost-rental and social housing.

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