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- for more information on your tenant rights, please see the RTB.
4.7 Security of tenure
If you have been renting for 6 months+ and have not received a valid written notice of termination, you automatically get ‘security of tenure’. This means your landlord cannot evict you without a valid reason (see section 4.8) and you can stay in the property for:
• If your tenancy started on or before 24 December 2016, this period is 4 years.
• If your tenancy started after 24 December 2016, this period is 6 years.
– nationwide.
• Dublin Simon Community Tenancy Sustainment Services 4.8 Valid reason for your landlord to end your tenancy
If you are having difficulties with your landlord there are
supports available. You can contact:
• Threshold
After you have been in your accommodation for 6months+, you have
tenancy rights (Part 4 tenancy rights).
Your landlord cannot end your contract without a ‘valid reason’.
Please see 6 reasons below.
• You are in breach of your tenant responsibilities – (See section 4.9).
• The landlord is selling the accommodation.
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