Labour TD Alan Kelly has published legal advice saying that a rent freeze is constitutional under certain conditions.
The Tipperary Deputy received the advice from then Attorney General Maire Whelan while he was the Minister for Housing.
It says a rent freeze should be defensible as a proportionate measure following market research and as long as it was minimally invasive on property rights.
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Labour leadership hopeful Kelly says the measure can be brought in by the next government.
