Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley claims that the strict implementation of the new rent supplement ceilings, introduced on 1st July, are putting some tenants at risk of losing their homes.
“The recent increase in rent ceilings for people in receipt of rent supplement is welcome, but the new limits are still way below the market rents being demanded in Laois. Tenants in receipt of Rent Supplement who are paying rent above the new limits are being requested by the Department of Social Protection to get…