12/11/2025
About time🎉
The Government’s new Housing Action Plan aims to end blanket “no-pet” bans in rental agreements across Ireland.
Housing Minister James Browne pushed for the change, insisting that tenants, especially in social housing, should not be automatically banned from keeping pets.
Under the proposal, Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) will no longer be allowed to include a general “no pets” clause in tenancy agreements. Instead, landlords will be encouraged to assess pet requests individually, following a similar model recently introduced in the UK.
Animal charities have welcomed the move, noting that many renters have been forced to give up their pets in recent years due to strict housing rules.