Why do Landlords feel entitled to rent increases?

That and reduce the amount of tax they pay on the property.

have a friend who’s an accidental landlord. Has a great long term tenant, but selling up because he has to subsidise the tax due on it.

I think within the next few years landlords are going to have to decide if they want to "professionalize" so to speak or get out. If they ban vancant possession the government are also going to have to bring in stronger rights for a landlord to evict a tenant who stops paying rent. Leases of 5-10+years might need to be tied to income tax exemptions. If they just leave things as is but ban vacant possession we will see mass evictions as landlords exit before new laws come in.

Looking over on askaboutmoney you can see some LL's are being pulled through the mill trying to get tenants out who tbf now have nowhere to go apart from the house of overholding. The government have been shown disgraceful negligence over the years on this issue, all while trying to look like the good guy and hitting the LL. When the LL looses eventually the tenant suffers and society looses. Our political classes seem more interested in how they look on social media then running the country.

When they finalise realise they can’t fix it, the Emperor has no clothes.

Why would institutional investors have needed to pay off politicians? Up until recently there was no legislative bar on the purchase of whole estates/apartment blocks. All any buyer has to do is offer money to the developer/seller. It is also worth remembering that the biggest purchaser of properties in Ireland, is the State.

Agree 100% on the earlier point about bad tenants, it should be much easier to evict tenants who stop paying their rent - it's the biggest problem for LLs IMO.

The tax issue is nonsense though IMO, it's only fair that rental income be taxed the same as any other income would be.

I don't think it's something that needs to be encouraged in that way; I think making it easier to evict non-paying tenants is something that would make a big difference and would make the entire system fairer for everyone.

The trend in the number of rental properties available is mirrored by the trend in the number of houses for sale - a tax incentive for LLs isn't going to materially change the number of properties that exist.

I have no idea tbh but the option is there.

Like I said, I think that the tax argument is nonsense - rental income should be treated the same as any other.

Grand so and what happens when 2 different tax rates are applied to sets of investors one gets all costs taken out before paying tax at a much lower rate the other can take interest out and the mortgage has to be paid out of after tax monies?? You are left with under 1.4k rental properties available to rent in a country with a population of 5Million. Good luck with that.

As above, I've already said I don't think that there should be tax breaks for funds.

Why do you think that rental income should be treated different to other income?

Well if they were allowed even put the amount of money paid for mortgage off before paying tax there maybe more people in the small landlord sector meaning more supply meaning lower rents but they have been hammered socially, online, legally (with regards to tenants) and financially with taxes and then people come on here and p1ss and moan about the lack of options and the prices they have to pay. I am sorry but I have very little sympathy for how this has played out. Its not the fault of the small landlord that the government have kicked numerous own goals with regards to social housing and allowing reits and vultures come in and be the dominant player in the rental market and the sad part is that Sinn Fein when they get in are going to make it even worse.