The eviction ban

Well certainly the ban itself was only very reluctantly instated. However the timing of the exit could be questioned when they don't yet appear to have the necessary supports in place for dealing with the lifting of it.

Well I think there's a lot that could be done in providing information. For example, on the tenant-in-situ scheme there seems to be very little information on how to apply for this. No web pages as far as I can see.

However not true in every case. For example:

This tenant had a "for sale" sign placed outside her home the day the Government announced they were lifting the ban.

Would a model

Well it would allow here to continue renting somewhere and avoid homelessness. I don't think she is being unreasonable if she has also looked in the private market and not found anything.

Yes and the longer the ban went on the worse it was going to get. The reality is that even if the ban was extended there would have to be exemptions and a coach and for would have walked through the exemptions.

Since before COVID there has been LL's pointing out the issues. What was a trickle is now a tsunami. The biggest problem is the opposition's is using it as a political football without a care for the consequences.

Just as an add on, if people were told that you could not get access to there pension lump sum until the government decided it was available or if you were told you could not have access to the money you had in the bank.

The fact is LL are p!ssed off the opposition and charities think more regulations were the answer they now have the answer.

LL's are walking away the left wing section of society and the charities did not want small LL now they have there wish.

It just proves the point be careful what you wish for.

As a last resort. Wouldn't you too in a similar situation?

I dont really understand what you mean.

Why would a tenant or a landlord not prefer a defined lease? Its in both their interests to know up-front where they stand.

At the moment we have the worst of all situations, its very vague for tenants because no body knows when their landlord will exit, its up in the air for landlords because they dont know what the government will do next to try and fix the mess.

Thats a terrible situation for any tenant not knowing when they could get a termination notice - absolutely stressful way to be living. Much better imo to have everything clearly mapped out so theres no shocks.

If landlords want secure rent and tenants want a secure home for a time period that suits them both, does a defined lease not help with that?

Different landlords want different things.

Tenants, or potential tenants have no possibility to influence anything with regards a rental. Its literally take it or get nothing at the moment.

The idea that both parties would sit down and decide on something that suits them both is laughable because only one person is deciding terms in the current market

I've made the mistake of catching up on the Prime Time discussion on this from during the week.

It's the same old thing. Government representative vs SF and more about the parties and grandstanding than the issue.

Our political system is fundamentally broken. It's no wonder so many core and essential functions of Government and State are broken.

I agree that what you described is indeed the problem with our national political system, but that's why I say it's fundamentally broken.

Let's not forget that we also have a big local political establishment as well, and it's those that should be dealing with the local issues and funeral attendances etc.

National politicians should be focusing on the national issues but you're right - the focus across the board is and always has been on keeping their hand in the pot and enriching themselves and their hangers on for as long as they can.

But, the electorate are also at fault for repeatedly electing TDs who fail to deliver. The problem there though is that the "alternatives" are either the other side of the coin or much much worse.

Most people don't read full articles. They only read the first couple of paragraphs at best. So they'll think, thanks to RTE's intentionally misdirecting article that the landlord came along out of the blue, no forewarning at all, and put a "For Sale" sign up.

This didn't happen. You have to get to the 9th paragraph to find that out.

Shoddy journalism.

Paying the landlord directly introduces a moral hazard whereby the landlord doesn't need to fulfil their obligations to the tenant but will get paid anyway.

Don't forget also that it is the landlords business venture and their responsibility to choose tenants.

Not taxed as a business so stop calling it that (you’d think a-have-a-go economist would get that 😂)

There are many different types of business venture and business structures. I think you are getting confused with "company" which is one type of structure that you can use. You can set up a company if you like, once you fulfill the requirements, and that corporation will indeed be subject to corporation tax rates. But the company owns the assets/profits and not you. You will be taxed at your personal marginal rate as you extract them (except under certain exemptions that you can try to qualify for)

You're learning a lot from me. Wasn't it yourself that I had to explain how a contractor was not the same as a staff employee? I should be charging you for this.