Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 3 June 2020
1216. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the rent pressure zone cap of 4% applies to a property which is being transferred from a social rental tenancy with differential rent to a private rental tenancy for the first time within 12 months of the social housing tenancy ending. [8990/20]
Amharc ar fhreagra1217. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the rent pressure zone cap of 4% applies to a property which is being transferred from a RAS tenancy to a private rental tenancy for the first time within 12 months of the RAS tenancy ending. [8991/20]
Amharc ar fhreagra1218. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the rent pressure zone cap of 4% applies to a property which is being transferred from a HAP tenancy to a private rental tenancy for the first time within 12 months of the HAP tenancy ending. [8992/20]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 1216 to 1218, inclusive, together.
Section 3 of the Residential Tenancies Acts 2004 - 2019 provides that those Acts apply to every dwelling the subject of a tenancy, apart for the limited exceptions set out in subsection (2) of that section. Section 19 of those Acts provides for the annual rent increase restriction in Rent Pressure Zone (RPZs), subject to subsection (5) which disapplies the restriction in limited circumstances.
A tenancy in the private rental market funded by housing authorities through the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) or the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) falls within the remit of the Residential Tenancies Acts and section 19 applies in respect of such tenancies in same manner as for all private tenancies.
The rent set upon the commencement of a private tenancy within the remit of the Residential Tenancies Acts is governed by section 19 of those Acts.
Under the Tenant Purchase Scheme, a tenant who buys their house must continue to live in the house for as long as they own it. The scheme does also provide that a tenant may sell, let or sub-let the house however this provision is subject to acquiring permission from the Local Authority to do so.
