'This is not normal': Rents for new tenants in Kilkenny rose by 7.3% in the last 12 months
Sinn Féin TD Natasha Newsome Drennan: 'We need to cut rents and ban increases for three years'
Sinn Féin TD Natasha Newsome Drennan has said that average rent of €1,246 per month in Kilkenny is not normal.
Deputy Newsome Drennan was responding to the latest figures published by the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB), which show that renters in new tenancies in Kilkenny are now paying 7.3% more than compared to last year. She said that it does not have to be this way and urged the government to listen to Sinn Féin, and cut rents and ban increases for three years.
“An average rent of over €1,200 is not normal, nor should we allow to be normalised,” she said. “The latest RTB figures show that rents for new tenants in Kilkenny rose by 7.3% in the last 12 months. This means that renters in Kilkenny are now paying more a year in rent because of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. It’s a rip-off.
“Once again, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are making life harder for renters, who now have even higher rents and even greater insecurity.
“How are regular working people expected to afford these rents? How are they supposed to save for a deposit to buy a home? It doesn’t have to be this way.
“We need to cut rents and ban increases for three years. We need to give young people a chance.”