Massive queues of eager renters waited in line yesterday to view a three-bedroom property in north Dublin.
The home, located in Santry, had an open viewing yesterday evening and in a true indication of the rental crisis - all potential tenants had to wait their turn in a long line.
An open viewing for the duplex apartment was advertised on Daft.ie, with the landlord asking for a monthly rent of €1,360 - €600 less than current market prices for the area.
Other three bedroom properties in the area are currently being advertised with monthly rents of between €2,000 and €3,000.
One interested renter was shocked when they turned up to the property and saw the amount of people who were waiting to have a look.
They told Dublin Live: "I couldn't believe there was a queue like this to just look at a run of the mill three bedroom property.
"It really sums up the housing crisis that Dublin is going through right now.
"We're hoping that we get the property as the rent is very reasonable compared to similar properties, but it's a pot luck on whether that's going to happen."
The line for a viewing comes only a week after more than 500 people - including workers spending their entire income on rent - were forced to queue at a Dublin soup kitchen.
Tony Walsh, the founder of Feed Our Homeless, pointed out around 130 of them have jobs but are faced with bare cupboards after paying up to 70% of their income to rent a room.
He told Dublin Live: "It’s all down to the rental market. Eoghan Murphy put €4billion into the rental market when that could have gone into building social housing and 20,000 houses twice over.
“If there was enough social housing built the rents would come down because it’s supply and demand and landlords are charging extortionate rents.
“They’re giving away public land to private developers to build student accommodation when that public land could build public housing to reduce the numbers on the social housing waiting lists.”
