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Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2024
- Sponsor
- Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage
- Introduced
- 24 Jul 2024
- Last updated
- 14 Nov 2024
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Tenants receiving eviction notices for landlord sale must be offered 90 days to bid for the property; landlord cannot sell during this period except to the tenant or approved housing bodies.
- RTB can award damages for breaches of the first refusal rules, but cannot force resumed possession if a sale has already completed, balancing tenant and landlord rights.
- RTB hearings must be held in public unless special circumstances warrant privacy; Garda or housing officer statements may be admitted as evidence in anti-social behaviour cases.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage33rd Dáil24 Jul 2024
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