Over 230 People On Leeside Contacted Threshold About Deposits In 2020.
Queries from tenants in relation to deposit retention increased by 43% between 2019 and 2020
It's led to calls for a deposit protection scheme which would allow rental deposits to be held by a third party such as the Residential Tenancies Board instead of private landlords, in a bid to reduce the widespread non-return of deposits to tenants leaving rental properties.
Threshold CEO John-Mark McCafferty says Cork accounted for 17% of these calls nationally, and he's been telling RedFM News about some of the calls they have been dealing with here in Cork:
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