Supply Shortfall And New Rental Rules Causing Surge In Clare Rents

A continued housing supply shortfall and new rental rules are being blamed for a sharp rise in rents in Clare. The latest Daft.ie report shows a single room in a house here now costs almost €600 a month to rent. Four-bed homes saw the biggest jump, with the average surging by 21% to €2,162 in the last year. Economist at Trinity College Dublin and author of the Daft.ie report, Ronan Lyons, has been telling Clare FM's Seán Lyons a nationwide cost rental scheme could put a dent in the problem.