Does your rent go up every year?

No, it isn’t.

There is no hope that rental income will have zero taxation, and there would be no guarantee that LLs would pass the reduction on to their tenants.

There is a vast difference between having no tax on rentals at all, and having no tax liability due to costs. Some posters will be better able to explain why institutional investors do not pay tax directly on rental income, if memory serves me right it has to do with offset costs and tax on dividends.

Problem with eliminating tax and passing on saving is that everyone pays tax dependent on their own personal situation.

Take 2 identical houses both rented out at €1000. Owner A has no other income so pays minimal tax, say €100 per month. Owner B has a full time job so pays €500. New rents are now €900 and €500?

Before rent controls the LL would mainly change the rent if there was a change of tenancy but now increases rent by the full amount every year for all tenants.

A LL with multiple properties has reduced their exposure to losses by spreading such costs across multiple properties.

If you don't need the money then it's not really a valid comparison. But keeping properties below market rates means they'll never sell for the same price as their peers and indeed it's likely they not sell into the rental market again.

But for a LL who does need the money, then keeping the rent low increases their exposure to losses and reducing the value of their property as a rental.

This is why larger landlords are increasing many of which who are large investment companies who's only focus is return for the shareholders. Companies generally don't operate on the principal of we don't need to make extra money.

Landlords who would have traditionally had lower rents and have one property. Are penalized for it. So they are leaving. Their properties leave the rental market with them. New landlord with new rentals can set any rent they like. This is pushing tents higher across the market.

"....86 per cent) own only one or two properties. Most of them own one..and half of all landlords earn less than €10,000 on these investments ...If their gross income is enough to see them taxed at the higher rate the net annual income from their investment is €5,150 or less. If they’re lower rate taxpayers then it could be as high as €7,150...."

So landlords with multiple properties who don't need the money are not representative of the market.

Just because someone puts up the rent they are not " greedy".

I did not know that I could increase pro-rata, I don't like to increase every year, and I just increased with inflation 18 months ago, but had told them it would be 2 years again before I increase, I will see where we are in 12 months and if the tenants are working and financially ok, then I will apply a rent rise, otherwise, I will wait until they are in a good position, with HAP RAS etc, I increase at every opportunity, as it's my tax paying the rent anyway, is how I look at it.

Our landlord hasn't increased the rent in 4 years, Dublin City Centre RPZ. Not sure why, we're currently paying about 700-1000 below market. I don't dare ask either.

Because it’s an investment, and the primary aim for investors is to make profit.

The rules are constantly changing, for instance, if you had a good tennant and were happy with the rent you could leave it alone and not increase it. Then if they and when they moved you could increase it by 4%x n Year but now it's gone down to 2% and there is no way to increase it beyond that or to appeal to the RTB that it is below market rate and to re baseline it. So every LL would be a fool to not increase the rent each year. You have our current government to thank for that.