The eviction ban

Ah fantasy stuff, if there’s no precedent we may as well be talking about people with spare rooms being forced to take in lodgers, because it’s emotive, but extremely extremely unlikely, just as the hypothetical case you put forward is extremely extremely unlikely.

it wouldn’t be a vote winner that’s for sure 😂

The only relevant part of the above is the first paragraph, and even then it’s not precedent, as has been pointed out there’s a world of difference CPOing a run down derelict building that may be an eyesore in a city centre (in fact I’m all for it) to taking a perfect property with tenants from its owner to give it to the tenants, seriously 🙄

the rest of your comment is just opinion and wishful thinking, I’ll make one concession to the part about landlords not being a significant percentage of the population, maybe they’re not, but property owners are, and messing with property rights applies to the majority.

Well I'd say you well know, it's not downtown fking Manhattan.

You should probably remind yourself that in 2020 SF were in the driving seat to form a Government and couldn't get it done because only the loony left would talk to them.

31% vote share won't get them an overall majority and make no mistake, an overall majority is the only way they'll be able to get in. 36 seats to 88 seats in the next Dáil? Nah man, not in a million elections.

What you mention as tax incentives such as interest relief and white goods are just normal business expenses, they are not tax reliefs.

Other business expenses are not allowed such as property tax or some property maintenance where that spending is considered improvement, it's a reason LL are reluctant to do up properties.

Na at 31% they are still 6-7% behind a combined FF/FG vote. Next election they wil decimate the small left parties and probably 60+seats but that is 20+short of a majority. The looney left wil be lucky to have 6-10seats more.

Last election FF voters did not transfer to FG while FG transfers helped get a significant number of independent and FF seats over the line.

SF are at least another election away from government.

I do not think so. It will probably be in the form of a tax relief similar to the rent a room relief

Agree with tax being similar to rent a room relief, however something the gov needs to be aware of is how they implement that, it’s great for people with one property, however for people with 2 or more it onlhbincentivises them to keep 1 property.

However if the relief is applied to each property instead of an individuals overall tax payment, then that could turn a serious corner and stem the tide of people leaving and encourage investment into BTLs.

Everyone with an ounce of humanity empathises with all of these stories but there is a narrative in these stories of people who did 'nothing wrong' getting thrown on the street. A quote from that article:

"When we got the notice to quit, we just cried because we made the stupid mistake that every person who's renting makes all the time, and I've made it so many times. That you start to feel like it's your home and we make this mistake every time."

This just doesn't make sense to me, if you are responsible for planning and housing your own family and just ignore that you are in temporary accommodation, that can be sold, especially if 'it keeps happening', you need to take some personal responsibility. And if that involves emigrating then that's a choice you need to consider in my opinion, I did it myself.

Also:

"So should I give away the pets or give away the furniture? Or both?."

Why get pets and buy furniture when you are renting in temporary accommodation when you know it's very hard to rent somewhere unfurnished with pets and might have to move? That's something you would do if you were on the verge of buying a place.

The lack of supply is a huge problem that needs to be sorted out, but everyone knows the situation, sticking your head in the sand then expecting the government to step in and seize the property you are renting for you doesn't seem like the right solution to me. I'm not saying that these families did that, but the politicians seem to be encouraging this entitled attitude now. It's clearly wrong but it's obviously the most popular thing to do to win votes.

There are a few posters on here that are driven to demonise and argue against landlords, probably due to some personal back stories or agenda, their arguments are looking more and more ridiculous to everyone as the rental crisis unfolds.

I think you'd be surprised at how widely it is understood and often by people arguing for the measures driving landlords out - purely to win votes, sabotaging the rental market for their own political careers. It's sickening.