Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2025
What is this act about?
This law is about extending and expanding rent pressure zones and adjusting rules for rent reviews in Ireland. It aims to control rent increases across more areas and for longer periods.
Who it applies to: Tenants in residential properties; Landlords of residential properties.
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What does this act regulate?
- The duration for which an area is designated as a rent pressure zone.
- The designation of new areas as rent pressure zones, even if they weren't before.
- The relevant period for conducting rent reviews under the Residential Tenancies Act 2004.
- Amendments to specific sections of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 and the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019.
Who does this act apply to?
- Tenants in residential properties.
- Landlords of residential properties.
What are the key points?
- The period for which an area is prescribed as a rent pressure zone is extended.
- Areas not previously designated as rent pressure zones are now deemed to be so prescribed, effective from the coming into operation of this Act until 28 February 2026.
- The relevant period for rent reviews under section 20 of the Principal Act is extended, with changes to subsections (5) and (6).
- Specific dates in sections 24B of the Principal Act and section 8 of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019 are changed from "31 December 2025" to "28 February 2026".
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Section 5
Definition 1. In this Act, “Principal Act” means the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 .
Amendment of section 20 of Principal Act 2. Section 20 of the Principal Act is amended— (a) in subsection (5), by the substitution of “the day following the day on which the relevant period ends” for “1 January 2026”, and (b) in subsection (6)— (i) by the substitution of “subsections (4) and (5)” for “subsection (4)”, and (ii) by the substitution of “the day that falls two years after the coming into operation of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2025” for “31 December 2025”.
Amendment of section 24B of Principal Act 3. Section 24B of the Principal Act is amended— (a) in subsection (1), by the substitution of “28 February 2026” for “31 December 2025”, (b) in subsection (2), by the substitution of “28 February 2026” for “31 December 2025”, and (c) by the addition of the following subsection after subsection (2): “(3) With effect from the coming into operation of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2025 and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section 24A, an order under subsection (5) of that section shall be deemed to have been made in respect of each administrative area, or a part thereof, of a housing authority that was not, before the coming into operation of that Act, a rent pressure zone within the meaning of section 19(7) and, accordingly, each of those areas, or the part thereof, is deemed to be a rent pressure zone during the period commencing on the coming into operation of that Act and ending on 28 February 2026.”.
Amendment of section 8 of Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019 4.
Section 8
of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019 is amended, in subsection (2), by the substitution of “28 February 2026” for “31 December 2025”.
Short title, commencement, collective citation and construction 5. (1) This Act may be cited as the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2025.
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