Some of the country’s biggest home builders have warned the Government its proposed rental sector reforms are unconstitutional and threatened legal action if they fail to engage with them on it.

The property developers warned Minister for Housing James Browne and Tánaiste Simon Harris that the Government’s proposed reforms are inconsistent with both the Irish Constitution and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). They have held out the prospect of taking legal action should the Minister for Housing fail to engage with them prior to the legislation’s introduction on March 1st next.

In letters sent on January 8th and 23rd last, copies of which have been seen by The Irish Times, October Investments chi

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