87% of rental properties inspected in 2019 below requirement

[TheJackal]

Dept of Environment stats for all private rental accomodation inspections carried out from 2005-2013 can be viewed here

environ.ie/en/Publications/S … tatistics/

2nd link down shows the Excel doc. Then click ‘Enforcement of Reqmts-standards and rent’

2005:
Inspected Dwellings 6,815
Dwellings not meeting regulatory requirements: 2,048
% Fail: 30.1%

2005:
Inspected Dwellings 6,815
Dwellings not meeting regulatory requirements: 2,048
% Fail: 30.1%

2006:
Inspected Dwellings 8,364
Dwellings not meeting regulatory requirements: 1,697
% Fail: 20.3%

2007:
Inspected Dwellings 12,047
Dwellings not meeting regulatory requirements: 2,379
% Fail: 19.7%

2008:
Inspected Dwellings 14,880
Dwellings not meeting regulatory requirements: 2,854
% Fail: 19.2%

2009:
Inspected Dwellings 18,001
Dwellings not meeting regulatory requirements: 4,306
% Fail: 23.9%

2010:
Inspected Dwellings 18,698
Dwellings not meeting regulatory requirements: 4,706
% Fail: 25.2%

2011:
Inspected Dwellings 16,759
Dwellings not meeting regulatory requirements: 6,284
% Fail: 37.5%

2012:
Inspected Dwellings 16,055
Dwellings not meeting regulatory requirements: 7,348
% Fail: 45.8%

2013:
Inspected Dwellings 17,849
Dwellings not meeting regulatory requirements: 10,502
% Fail: 58.8%

Suprised none of the media picked up on this.

Dept may argue they target accom they know are potentially below target and this isn’t completely random.

C&AG did a report on rental accom standards in 2011. See pg 15
audgen.gov.ie/documents/annu … pter24.pdf

Edit 22/12/20: 2019 stats are out so updated title above

[mr_anderson]

How many of these are pre-63’s ?

[TheJackal]

How many of these are pre-63’s ?

I suspect a fair whack. It went from 19% in 2008 to 46% in 2012

Impact of new regs on Pre 63s discussed here
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=42141

[mocame]

in the past the vast majority of inspections of private rented dwellings were conducted on foot of complaints from tenants. This is no longer the case, particularly the big urban local authorities now conduct regular random inspections, but complaints still trigger a substantial minority which at least partially explains the very high non compliance rate.

[macannrb]

What happens if you fail?

[TheJackal]

What happens if you fail?

You get a period of grace to fix it. There are then follow up inspections. Prosecutions are then raised in the most serious cases

[September]

Do not jump to conclusions! There is silly regulation in Ireland, I sourced my info from environ.ie/en/Publications/D … 422,en.pdf
and every property needs to have in kitchen:

4 ring hob with oven and grill

if you rent studio that has less than 4 hobs or perhaps no grill you are an evil landlord

Microwave oven

I know that some house owners live in such poor conditions that they have not this device

fridge and freezer

that is a bit more reasonable but not necessary always

They also claim that property must have:

Water closet (toilet), with wash hand basin
adjacent to it supplied with hot and cold
water
o Fixed bath or shower, supplied with hot and
cold water

and indeed most of properties I rented had shower with hot and cold water, but what I need is warm water.

So my theory is that most landlords get in trouble with not so important stuff.

[TheJackal]

Do not jump to conclusions! There is silly regulation in Ireland…

So my theory is that most landlords get in trouble with not so important stuff.

I never meant they are all failing for big stuff. But it is interesting to see such a high failure rate cross the board

They give the stats by city & county council too if anyone wants to see their local scores

[Homemaker]

But guys the quality must be improving, I mean rental prices in Dublin are up over 10%

[Tis_Meself]

Yup.
10% increase in upkeep spend. comin’ at ya rightaway.
Now, what is 10% of 0 again?

[TheJackal]

2013 stats are out and insterted above.

58.8% of rental properties inspected in 2013 were below min requirements

Indo reporting it here
independent.ie/irish-news/ne … 63887.html

[Tfp2000]

i’d like to know what was the trigger for each inspection … are they totally random inspections from the PRTB database or just purely based upon complaints from the public?

i’d say the method of selection for inspections could have a lot to do with the results.

[TheJackal]

i’d like to know what was the trigger for each inspection … are they totally random inspections from the PRTB database or just purely based upon complaints from the public?

i’d say the method of selection for inspections could have a lot to do with the results.

There is some randomness but mainly they will be problem landlords and areas, as well as renter complaints.

This skews the figure higher, fair enough. But it is very high now compared to a few years ago.

[TheJackal]

Is there any penalty if caught other than carrying out remedial work you would have to do anyway? In the absence of penalties, a rational (albeit somewhat heartless) landlord should just wait until caught, which may never happen.

No penalty for a first offense per property AFAIK. Think they regard the cost of upgrading as penalty enough!

[Mantissa]

No penalty for a first offense per property AFAIK. Think they regard the cost of upgrading as penalty enough!

Ok, so under the current legislation, it makes zero sense to meet the minimum standards. Another victory for renters…

Much like stealing from the bank, the logical strategy in Ireland is to wait until you’re caught and then remedy the situation.

[TheJackal]

90pc of rentals ‘below standard’ in landlord blitz

20-Oct-14- The Herald

IN a massive clampdown on slum landlords in the city, almost 90pc of properties inspected were found to be below the minimum standard of accommodation.

Environmental Health Officers have inspected 5,984 private rented houses in Dublin and of those 5,228 were issued with enforcement notices.

This means that more than 87pc of properties were below standard.

An Intensified Inspection Programme for privately rented houses was set up in 2012 and these figures relate to inspections carried about between then and the end of August.

The work was done through a team in Dublin City Council.

“This will help to flush out slum landlords,” Independent councillor Nial Ring told the Herald.

“The sheer number of inspections and with such a small number of staff is phenomenal.”

He said that the primary purpose of the inspections is “to bring up the standard of private rental accommodation in old multi-unit buildings.”

Mr Ring likened some of the buildings that were inspected to a “throwback to the tenement buildings.”

Of the 5,984 homes inspected by the officers, they were located in 865 separate buildings. In total however, including revisits the officers made 9,376 inspections from 2012 to the end of August, 2014.

The 5,228 properties that were landed with enforcement notices were given them because they were “non-compliant” with standard regulations. A total of 3,392 of these notices had been complied with by last August. The number of these cases that have since been closed is 893, 119 properties were served with prohibition notices and 86 had legal action initiated against them.

“The current Intensified Inspection Programme is scheduled to continue to March 2015,” said a health officer.

Mr Ring hopes that there can be a “bonus” effect from these inspections.

"A bonus would be if more cash could be brought into the council through the second home tax if not all of these were on the Non Principal Property Register (NPPR).

“Also if we can get landlords to register on the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB) that too would be a bonus,” he said.

The NPPR has now been abolished but any outstanding fees had to be paid by August 31, last.

Dublin City Council landed a EUR9m windfall due to penalties imposed on property owners who were late paying the controversial second home tax. The local authority’s coffers were boosted by EUR7.346m after property owners coughed up millions of euro in late penalty fees.

And another sum of EUR1.8m is due to the council after plans were put in place for people who could not afford to pay the tax or late penalties at the August 31, 2014, payment cutoff date.

The council first began a blitz of city centre apartments in April last year and issued 1,544 notices to improve conditions. The inspections were then extended to a further 7,000 properties.

These bedsits have traditionally been used by students from outside the capital while studying in Dublin but in more recent years have become homes for many of the immigrants who came to Ireland.

Under the inspection programme, the flats and bedsits cannot be re-let until they are brought up to standard, but existing tenants can remain living there while works take place.

[TheJackal]

More than 80% of private rental accommodation fail tests

I’ll update the top post shortly with latest figures…

[TheJackal]

Dept of Environment stats for all private rental accommodation inspections carried out from 2005-2018 can be viewed here

https://www.housing.gov.ie/housing/statistics/house-building-and-private-rented/private-housing-market-statistics

Private rental inspections annually 2005 to 2018 (175.87 KB)

2005:
Inspected Dwellings 6,815
Dwellings not meeting regulatory requirements: 2,048
% Fail: 30.1%

2006:
Inspected Dwellings 8,364
Dwellings not meeting regulatory requirements: 1,697
% Fail: 20.3%

2007:
Inspected Dwellings 12,047
Dwellings not meeting regulatory requirements: 2,379
% Fail: 19.7%

2008:
Inspected Dwellings 14,880
Dwellings not meeting regulatory requirements: 2,854
% Fail: 19.2%

2009:
Inspected Dwellings 18,001
Dwellings not meeting regulatory requirements: 4,306
% Fail: 23.9%

2010:
Inspected Dwellings 18,698
Dwellings not meeting regulatory requirements: 4,706
% Fail: 25.2%

2011:
Inspected Dwellings 16,759
Dwellings not meeting regulatory requirements: 6,284
% Fail: 37.5%

2012:
Inspected Dwellings 16,055
Dwellings not meeting regulatory requirements: 7,348
% Fail: 45.8%

2013:
Inspected Dwellings 17,849
Dwellings not meeting regulatory requirements: 9,633
% Fail: 54.0%

2014:
Inspected Dwellings 14,538
Dwellings not meeting regulatory requirements: 7,550
% Fail: 51.9%

2015:
Inspected Dwellings 13,633
Dwellings not meeting regulatory requirements: 8,612
% Fail: 63.2%

2016:
Inspected Dwellings 13,392
Dwellings not meeting regulatory requirements: 10,194
% Fail: 76.1%

2017:
Inspected Dwellings 16,261
Dwellings not meeting regulatory requirements: 12,833
% Fail: 78.9%

2018:
Inspected Dwellings 25,184
Dwellings not meeting regulatory requirements: 20,414
% Fail: 81.1%

[TheJackal]

Wide disparity in inspections of private rented housing

Irish Times rehashing their own article from August I see!

[TheJackal]

One landlord faced legal action for breaches in 2020