Approved Housing Body Landlords & Tenants to Benefit From Legislative Protections

NEW DIRECTOR APPOINTED TO PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES BOARD

During April, the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB) will change to the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB), bringing Approved Housing Bodies under its remit.

Approved Housing Bodies are not for profit housing providers, often referred to as housing associations, who provide accommodation for those in need. This new change will ensure that both tenants and landlords of these properties will be afforded protection under the Residential Tenancies Acts and will be able to access the disputes resolution services of the RTB.   

According to the 2011 Census, nearly 1 in 5 households in the country were renting their accommodation in the private sector, and that number is estimated to have increased since then.In addition, there over 30,000 tenants in the Approved Housing Body Sector.

Ms Rosalind Carroll has been appointed as the new Director of the PRTB. Ms. Carroll, was formerly Head of Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies at the Housing Agency, which was set up in 2010 by government to support local authorities; approved housing bodies, and the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, in the delivery of housing and housing services.

Ms Carroll has considerable experience in the housing sector, having previously worked in the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government and Dublin City Council.

She holds a Master’s from the London School of Economics and has qualifications in Regulation. She takes up her new post on April 4th next, and the appointment is for a period of five years.

Ms Carroll succeeds Ms. Anne Marie Caulfield, who had served as Director since July 2008, and  recently decided to step down to take up a position at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.