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02/12/2009
Landlords Face Fines Over Poor Properties
The State's Landlords will now face fines if they fail to properly maintain their rented properties, under new standards introduced by Minister of State for Housing Michael Finneran.
The latest guidelines from the Department of the Environment will mean the owners will be forced to repair roofs, paint windows and cut the grass of their privately rented properties, while local authorities will be given the power to ban property owners from renting accommodation if they fail in the authority’s estimation to meet the required standards.
The new regulations, which have been brought into force with immediate effect, will mean landlords will be required to keep their properties in a “proper state of structural repair” and ensure they are sound “internally and externally”.
Property owners allowing their houses and flats to become rundown could face fines of up to €5,000, and it is hoped the current situation, where rented properties stand out among others due to their disrepair, comes to an end.
There are also protections for residents who wish to leave rented properties over poor conditions, despite being within their contracted obligations, and where a landlord ignores a notice because they have sitting tenants who they are confident will not leave, they face a fine of €5,000, and a further €400 for each day they continue to breach the regulations.
From now, landords will have to ensure that roofs, ceilings, walls, stairs, doors, tiles, skirting boards, gutters and windows must be well maintained and free from damp, while gardens and all common areas must be neat and tidy, well maintained and free from debris.
The new regulations follow the minimum standards for facilities in rented accommodation, introduced last February. These required that each house and flat has its own sanitary facilities, along with modern standards for food storage, food preparation, refuse and laundry, ventilation, lighting and fire safety.
(DW/KMcA)
The latest guidelines from the Department of the Environment will mean the owners will be forced to repair roofs, paint windows and cut the grass of their privately rented properties, while local authorities will be given the power to ban property owners from renting accommodation if they fail in the authority’s estimation to meet the required standards.
The new regulations, which have been brought into force with immediate effect, will mean landlords will be required to keep their properties in a “proper state of structural repair” and ensure they are sound “internally and externally”.
Property owners allowing their houses and flats to become rundown could face fines of up to €5,000, and it is hoped the current situation, where rented properties stand out among others due to their disrepair, comes to an end.
There are also protections for residents who wish to leave rented properties over poor conditions, despite being within their contracted obligations, and where a landlord ignores a notice because they have sitting tenants who they are confident will not leave, they face a fine of €5,000, and a further €400 for each day they continue to breach the regulations.
From now, landords will have to ensure that roofs, ceilings, walls, stairs, doors, tiles, skirting boards, gutters and windows must be well maintained and free from damp, while gardens and all common areas must be neat and tidy, well maintained and free from debris.
The new regulations follow the minimum standards for facilities in rented accommodation, introduced last February. These required that each house and flat has its own sanitary facilities, along with modern standards for food storage, food preparation, refuse and laundry, ventilation, lighting and fire safety.
(DW/KMcA)
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