Who we are

The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) is an independent public body that regulates Ireland’s rental sector. We work to deliver a fair rental system for everyone in Ireland.

In our role, we:

• Inform tenants and landlords about their rights and responsibilities
• Ensure landlords register tenancies and follow rental law
• Help to resolve tenancy disputes.
• Provide trusted data and insights to inform rental sector policy

We are committed to delivering quality services that make the rental sector fairer and easier to navigate.

We regulate all private, Approved Housing Body, cost rental and student specific accommodation tenancies in Ireland.

We operate under the auspices of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

What we do

A healthy rental sector is a vital part of a well-functioning housing market. Our work is central to delivering this for Irish society.

Each year we:

• Register over 300,000 private, Approved Housing Body, cost rental and student-specific accommodation tenancies.
• Resolve disputes between more than 9,000 landlords, tenants and neighbours.
• Run targeted compliance campaigns to ensure landlords are following rental law.
• Provide information on rental law to over 500,000 visitors to our website.
• Publish four quarterly updates with the latest data on the state of Ireland’s rental sector.