CATU researchers have launched a website which maps evictions in Ireland from 2015-2024 and profiles the landlords responsible: www.topevictors.ie
The evictions database group have been hard at work analysing Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) data to uncover how landlords both big and small have exploited inadequate regulation to deprive people of their homes and pocket the profits.
The website reveals 353 officially recorded illegal evictions between 2015 and 2024, as well as thousands of ‘legal’ evictions. All these are available to view on two dedicated maps, so you can see how your community has been affected.
The website also profiles the landlords responsible for the largest volumes of evictions, showing their influence on the housing system and the lives of tenants in Ireland as well as the strategies they use to get rid of tenants when it suits their interests.
Making this information publicly accessible allows us to see that evictions in Ireland are not just a case of ‘a few bad apples’, but are tied to large-scale, systemic patterns of exploitation and illegal behaviour that need to be resisted through collective action.
Topevictors.ie shows serious numbers of officially-recorded evictions, but the brutal reality is that they likely only scratch the surface of the total. For every officially recorded eviction, there will be many more that don’t go through the RTB, so never appear in the official stats.
The website will be followed in the near future by a report which gives more detail on how landlords find both illegal and legal ways to evict tenants, exposes gaps in available data and existing regulation, and lays out CATU’s demands for change.
CATU exists to unite communities and prevent evictions and other forms of violence and exploitation aimed at tenants. This website serves to expose those responsible for the eviction crisis in Ireland and complement the work of CATU branches on the ground doing the day to day work of eviction resistance.
Pop on over to topevictors.ie now to see for yourself.