From today onwards, any landlord who advertises a property stating that rent allowance is not accepted, or who refuses to rent a property to someone who is reeving the allowance may be fined up to €15,000.
According to Irish Human Rights Equality Commissioner, Emily Logan: “People in receipt of rent supplement, housing support payment or other social welfare payments can no longer be discriminated against in relation to the provision of accommodation or related services.
“So people might be aware when they go onto well-known property websites they will see in capital letters, ‘rent allowance not accepted’.
“So that is now illegal to do.”