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A Brazilian student has told how he lost €6,000 in a Dublin rental scam after waking to find 12 people in his living room who had fallen victim to the same fraudster.

Housing charity Threshold says current legislation isn’t strong enough to keep Clare homes out of the short-term rental market. New figures published today show there are currently 1,044 short terms lets in this county on platforms such as AirBnb while there are just 17 properties available to rent in the county. Legislation proposed by the […]

More renters are struggling to get their deposits back at the end of their tenancy, according to Threshold.

It is calling on the Government to establish a Deposit Protection Scheme, as nearly 200 renters sought support on deposit retention issues

More renters are struggling to get their deposits back at the end of their tenancy, according to Threshold.

Threshold says it is deeply concerned about the ongoing dominance of short-term lets in the Clare rental market. There are currently 335 properties in Clare available for short-term booking on AirBnb. Meanwhile, there are just 11 long-term rental properties in the county, according to housing website Daft.ie. Threshold CEO John Mark McCafferty believes the lack […]

A report by Threshold also found just over one third expect to be renting for the next five years.

The seven-year allocation could be worth up to £250m to Birmingham’s economy

As many as 30,000 people could be affected by thousands of notices of termination issued to tenants at the end of last year, according to housing charity Thresh...

John-Mark McCafferty has said almost 60% of cases they have involves an invalid notice