There are calls to extend the rent-a-room scheme to 'small landlords'.
A Westmeath auctioneer says there's no incentive for people to remain as landlords.
Michael Farrelly, from Sherry Fitzgerald Davitt and Davitt in Kinnegad, says the last six homes he sold in one housing estate in the town belonged to landlords.
His comments come as Longford Westmeath FF TD Robert Troy wants to see tax cuts of up to €14,000 for landlords in the Budget.
Mr. Farrelly says many of them are selling up as they have to subsidize the rent to cover their mortgages:
He says people may not have initially intended on renting out property:
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