Wicklow Council Dealing With High Volume Of Rent Increase Queries

Rent clinics are being arranged across all five Municipal Districts.

Council tenants across Co. Wicklow remain concerned about increases to their rents, a week after the new scheme came into play. The local authority says it is still dealing with high volume of queries.

Wicklow County Council says rent information clinics, delayed by recent industrial action, are now being arranged across all five Municipal Districts. Details will be published on its social media profiles in the coming days.

Tenants can visit the public counters in Bray and Wicklow, or contact the council's rent teams by phone or email.

In a statement, Wicklow County Council says it is committed to reviewing all outstanding queries as soon as possible.

The new rent scheme allows for exceptional cases to be reviewed.  The council says it cannot provide figures on how many tenants may qualify for hardship consideration.

In reply to East Coast FM asking the council to confirm the percentage of council tenants with circumstances that warrant special consideration, Wicklow County Council advised "This statistical information is not available."