Thousands of renters across the country struggle to pay their rent every month and many are worried about what the Government’s reforms to Rent Pressure Zones will mean for them.
Rents for newly-built properties will no longer be capped at 2% annually but will instead be tied to the rate of inflation.
Changes to the RPZs will be brought to the Government by Minister for Housing James Browne on Tuesday.
28-year-old Ellen O'Doherty is from Kerry and has been renting in Dublin for 11 years.
She believes the proposed reforms for the rental market are unfair.
Ms O’Doherty, who works for the Social Democrats Party, shares a house in the city with four other adults and they pay €3,000 per month.
She said they are all working full time but have no choice but to live with a group in order to afford the high rents.
Ms O’Doherty also said she has lived in previous tenancies in RPZs, where rents have increased more than is permitted despite the rules.
"It's five adults who don't want to be in this situation who are just crammed together because of circumstances, because there is nowhere affordable and there is nowhere else to go," she said.
Ms O’Doherty says that any further rise in her rent currently would have a major impact on her life.
"My grocery shop is so much more expensive now, if rents are being tied to that level of inflation and those levels of increases - it's the fear of the unknown you have no idea about what is going to happen," she said.
Ms O’Doherty said she currently has no prospect of being able to buy a home and she says the uncertainty in the rental sector is taking its toll on her.
"It feels slightly depressing to be honest because you feel there is no out of the rental and yet you feel you may be eventually pushed out of the rental market because a time may come where you can't afford anything," she added.
