The Private Rental Tenancies Board has commissioned a study into the future of the private rental sector.
The State body is looking at measures that might help stabilise rents.
The study will review taxation in the sector and the findings are likely to be included in the governments social housing strategy due out in the autumn.
Anne Marie Caulfield, Director of the PRTB, says the focus will be on increasing the supply of affordable and good quality accommodation:
