Legislation will ensure leases are confined to the academic year of 41 weeks, following move by some student landlords to switch to 51-week leases
Fine Gael leader Simon Harris said the Government wants to ensure the new tenancy protections are in place before the new academic year. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire
In a joint statement just before Easter, the Ministers said the decision to press ahead with the changes to planning laws arose following a move by some private student accommodation providers to switch from the standard, typically 41-week leases that cover the academic year, to 51-week leases. Student accommodation industry figures have said the decision to move to longer leases was motivated by an increase in demand from postgraduate and international students. However, the Irish Universities Association, the representative body for the Republic’s eight universities, decried the decision as “a retrograde step”, while Mairéad Farrell, Sinn Féin spokesperson on further and higher education, said it was “not realistic for students”.
“We are already working with a number of universities to activate student-specific accommodation projects, and we also invited all universities to work with the Higher Education Authority to develop proposals for the development of more college-owned student-specific accommodation.”
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