Council Rents

Councillors Conor Reddy and Hazel De Nortin

People Before Profit Table Emergency Motion to Reverse Dublin City Council Rent Hikes

An emergency motion for tonight’s Dublin City Council meeting calls for the immediate reversal of the rent increases imposed on council tenants, HAP tenants, RAS tenants and some Approved Housing Body tenants. Our Councillors support the demonstration by CATU members outside City Hall from 5:30pm.

13 Apr 2026

Marchers crowd in listening to speakers at Barnardos Square in Dublin at the end of the DROP THE RENT HIKES March on Saturday 28th. PBP Placard reads Fix Our Homes Drop the Rents.

Drop The Rent Hikes: Marchers to Protest at Dublin City Hall

Dublin City Council tenants marched to demand DCC drops the Rent Hikes and takes care of the maintenance work council has neglected. CATU members and community and People Before Profit activists Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin and Cllr Conor Reddy believe the campaign can grow and win. Next protest 13 April.

2 Apr 2026

Protestors on Dame Street Dublin holding baloon letters saying STOP CETA.

Corporations Should Not Make Money Off Suing The State

'[A] parallel justice system accessible only by corporations for corporations to sue states if they intervene and interfere with their “legitimate” expectation of making profits. That is what this is about. We should be having a referendum ... this could truly be catastrophic.'

11 Dec 2025

Councillor Dave O'Keeffe in front of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council chambers.

O’Keeffe to Propose DLR Council Budget Amendment to Block Rent, Parking and Pitch Increases and Protect Small Businesses and Town Centres

“This amendment is about who pays for this budget,” said Councillor David O’Keeffe. “We are saying: don’t increase council rents, don’t increase parking charges, don’t increase pitch fees for clubs – instead ask the most profitable companies to contribute more.”

26 Nov 2025

Cllrs Conor Reddy; Hazel De Nortúin; city council image; Green's Janet Horner defending the rent hikes; headline saying 'Inflation wipes out income gains for the typical household.'

Labour and Greens Choose FF/FG’s Rent Hike Over a Fair, Workable Alternative

PBP Responds to Council Vote: "...if you want to defend tenants in this city, you cannot rely on Labour or the Greens. People Before Profit will continue doing that work. We encourage people to join CATU and get organised ahead of the rent hike in April 2026."

25 Nov 2025

Cllrs Conor Reddy and Hazel De Nortúin in front of collage of a People Before Profit flags in colour and social housing in black and white

People Before Profit Budget Amendment on Dublin City Council Sets Out Clear Alternative to Ruling Group’s Rent Hikes

"We want to show clearly that there is another way. Even within the restrictive and underfunded local government system we have, there is no justification for loading new costs onto tenants who are already struggling...";

24 Nov 2025

Cllr.s Conor Reddy and Hazel De Nortúin of People Before Profit in front of Council Housing in Dolphin's Barn Dublin.

People Before Profit Councillors To Vote Against Dublin City Council’s Budget Over Planned Rent Hikes

Will join tenants’ protest at City Hall on 24 November

21 Nov 2025

Cllr.s Conor Reddy and Hazel De Nortúin of People Before Profit in front of Council Housing in Dolphin's Barn Dublin.

People Before Profit Oppose Dublin City Council Rent Hikes

“This is austerity by stealth. Council management are being forced to act like accountants because the State has walked away from its responsibility to fund public housing. "The Council’s job is to provide safe, affordable homes, not to claw money out of tenants to balance the books."

14 Nov 2025