The Minister is right his plan is, in fact, working.
In loosing the rent controls the plan was to increase rents. That was the purpose of the new rules.
The government insist that rents must increase to encourage supply, but one way or another the plan was always that you would pay more rent.
Gavin Elliott
Minister for Housing James Browne has defended the government’s controversial rental reforms after new figures showed rents rising at their fastest pace in 25 years.
Browne insisted that “the plan is working” despite criticism from opposition parties.
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