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Sinn Féin TD for Tipperary, Martin Browne, has accused the Government of “failing renters” as rents have soared in Tipperary by 16.3% in the last 12 months in what is becoming a very worrying trend of increasing pressure for renters.
The figures are contained in the latest Daft.ie rent report, which shows new rents increasing by almost 12% in the last year across the state.
Deputy Browne said: “The latest Daft.ie rent report shows rents continuing to soar in Tipperary.
“They have shot up by 16.3% in the last 12 months on average.
"The average new rent across in Tipperary is now a staggering €1,215. This is totally unaffordable for people on ordinary incomes.
“It is clear that the housing crisis continues to be totally out of control and ordinary people are paying the price for this government’s failures.
“The housing crisis is devastating people’s lives in Tipperary. Generations are locked out of home ownership, trapped paying crippling rents and feeling they have no hope of ever owning their own home.”
He added: “This means lives put on hold, as people struggle to keep afloat and keep up with sky high rents.
“Despite the falling private rental stock and rising private rents, Government's cost rental delivery is appallingly low.
“Just 684 cost rental homes were delivered last year across the state. This is a drop in the ocean of what is needed to make a real difference.
“Government must accept that its cost rental targets are too low.
“They must also accept that the price of these cost rental units is too high.
“They must dramatically increase and accelerate the delivery of these much-needed cost rental homes and ensure that they are genuinely affordable to working people in Tipperary.
“The Government must get to grips with the housing crisis in Tipperary, to urgently cut the cost of soaring rents.
“Sinn Féin in government would deliver genuinely affordable homes for people to rent and buy, to ensure the housing crisis ends.”
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