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Deposit Scheme Is Welcome — But We’Re Still Playing Catch-Up, Lorcan Sirr
Deposit Scheme Is Welcome — But We’Re Still Playing Catch-Up, Lorcan Sirr
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As an increasing number of people find permanent homes in the private rental sector, issues of contention between landlords and tenants will be more frequent. Right nowabout 3% of the population has the legal right to evict more than 20% of households, and so security of tenure will become a key area of debate and discussion. The issue must be addressed, unless government is happy for a significant proportion of its population to exist at the whim of a much smaller percentage, and is willing to deal with the social, health and economic fallout from that.