The Irish Government recently published the general scheme, or initial outline, of the Planning and Development (Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones) Bill 2023 (the Bill).
The Bill is a key component of the Government’s “Housing for All” plan and proposes to introduce mechanisms for both land value sharing (LVS) and
On 25 April the Irish Government announced a housing plan, termed by some as a “mini housing budget”, aimed at cutting the cost of building and refurbishing homes and further speeding up the delivery of housing.
The plan is comprised of the following measures:
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In an earlier post we highlighted the introduction, in November 2022, of a temporary moratorium on the termination of residential tenancies during what was referred to as the “winter emergency period”. The legislation was intended to help reduce homelessness numbers over the course of the winter and was due to expire on 31 March 2023.
The European Commission has approved, under EU State Aid rules, the Irish Government’s proposed €450 million scheme to support the construction of apartments to be sold to owner-occupiers. The scheme, know as the Croí Cónaithe (Cities) Scheme, aims to bridge the current “viability gap” where the cost of building apartments is higher than its market
Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT) is a new tax introduced as part of the Government’s “Housing for All” plan, which will become payable from 1 February 2024. However, owners of land zoned for residential use should be aware that 1 January 2023 is the deadline for filing an appeal against inclusion of lands
Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin, TD has today (Wednesday 7 December) announced that the Government has approved the priority drafting of the Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill.
This is another initiative provided for in the Government’s Housing for All policy and Minister Martin was joined at today’s announcement
On 17 November 2022, the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) published its 2021 Annual Report and Accounts.
The report is available here and deals with issues such as:
The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) has published details of 38 sanctions which it has imposed on landlords who have failed to comply with the requirements of residential tenancies law. This brings to 76 the total number of sanctions imposed since the RTB was given regulatory powers in 2019.
Importantly, over 85% of the
A short post to confirm that the Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Act 2022 was signed into law on 29 October 2022. The “winter emergency period” referred to in the Act, during which there is to be a moratorium on the termination of residential tenancies, therefore runs from 30 October 2022