No sooner do the Irish Government admit to tying the housing market in regulatory knots than they’re already reaching for even more rope.
Late last year, they announced a number of “major reforms” to the rental sector, set to apply to new tenancies from March 2026. These include rolling six-year minimum tenancies, and rent increases capped at inflation or 2%, whichever is lower (with a one-off market-rate reset in limited cases).
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