Commitment
Introduce a three-year rent freeze
What this means
- The Social Democrats promised to freeze rents for three years if they entered government after the 2024 general election.[source]
- Alongside the freeze, they proposed a 'Reference Rent' system, which would set a benchmark for what landlords can charge tenants.[source]
- The party also committed to giving Gardai the power to step in and stop illegal evictions from happening.[source]
- This commitment was made in their November 2024 election manifesto and remains a promise only, as the party is not in government.[source]
- For renters, this matters because it would directly limit how much landlords could increase rent over a three-year period.[source]
Direct impact (1)
- owned by partySocial DemocratsParty
Indirect impact (10)
Two-hop relationships traced through the entity above. Useful for spotting downstream knock-on effects.
- owned by party → party member2-hop via social-democratsAidan FarrellyOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via social-democratsCian O'CallaghanOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via social-democratsEoin HayesOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via social-democratsGary GannonOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via social-democratsHolly CairnsOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via social-democratsJen CumminsOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via social-democratsJennifer WhitmoreOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via social-democratsLiam QuaideOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via social-democratsPádraig RiceOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via social-democratsRory HearneOfficeholder
Summary derived from the records cited above. Read the methodology to understand how this is generated.
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One-hop relationships derived from the entity records. Click any node to follow the link.
Status
Promised
The Social Democrats committed to introducing a three-year rent freeze and a 'Reference Rent' system, and to empowering Gardaí to intervene in illegal evictions.
Attribution & links
- Origin
- Manifesto
- Policy area
- Housing
- Owning party
- Social Democrats
- Responsible body
- —
- Responsible officeholder
- —
- Linked mandate
- —
- First stated
- 2024-11-19
- Last reviewed
- 2026-05-21
Evidence & sources
Every status claim above is backed by a primary source — follow a link to the source-of-truth document.
Evidence
- Social Democrats General Election Manifesto 2024 - For the FutureSocial Democrats·Retrieved 2026-05-21high
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