Law will extend caps to tenants across country

EMERGENCY legislation to extend Rent Pressure Zones nationwide will be brought to Cabinet this morning by Housing Minister James Browne.

- BY LOUISE BURNE

It follows criticism from the opposition that the plans to extend the RPZs were not brought to Cabinet last week as part of the Government's bid to change the rental system.

It is understood the Minister will see the publication of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2025 as “emergency legislation” that can be “progressed as a priority.”

This will extend the RPZs to all areas of the country until Februry 2026, ahead of the new rent controls coming in from March 1.