Around a thousand people a day make an official complaint about their rent being too high.
The Residential Tenancies Board says they’ve been inundated with calls since the introduction of rent pressure zones last Christmas.
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The new rules are supposed to limit landlords to a 4 per cent annual increase in expensive areas, but many are ignoring the laws.
Rosalind Carroll is the Director of the RTB – she says more and more people are renting their homes instead of buying.
