First Stage Stage in the legislative process — click for what it means Defeated The bill’s status — click for what it means 33rd Dáil The House currently handling the bill 12/2020 Official bill number / year
Ban on Rent Increases Bill 2020
- Sponsor
- Eoin Ó Broin · Sinn Féin
- Introduced
- 16 Jul 2020
- Last updated
- 4 Nov 2020
What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Freezes rents for existing tenancies at their rate on the bill's enactment date for three years.
- Sets new tenancy rents using Residential Tenancies Board index for equivalent local properties, not market rates.
- Subjects the three-year rent freeze to annual review to assess whether to continue or modify.
Stage timeline What do these stages mean?
- First Stage 33rd Dáil16 Jul 2020
Debates
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