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“We have an acute homelessness crisis where people can’t even get into emergency accommodation” — Ruairí Fahy

“We have an acute homelessness crisis where people can’t even get into emergency accommodation” — Ruairí Fahy

"In Limerick, we have families who are split up and children bounced between different houses not because a relationship has ended but because they can’t find anywhere to live together"

“Government housing policy is a disaster”, say People Before Profit

“Government housing policy is a disaster”, say People Before Profit

“4,000 children growing up in hotels, and family hubs is a disgrace, the long term impacts of this on their mental, physical and emotional development are unquantifiable.”

No homes available for those in receipt of HAP

No homes available for those in receipt of HAP

Our housing system needs a complete rethink. The limits for social housing keep so many families earning just over the limits stuck in precarious rentals where a landlord can say they're selling up costing people their jobs and forcing children to change schools

"Left out of lobbying law the LDA is in the sights of speculators"

"Left out of lobbying law the LDA is in the sights of speculators"

“There is already a reported increase in public bodies not abiding by Freedom of Information and Environmental Information Access requests which needs to be reversed — public money should be under democratic, public control, not at the whims of politically appointed administrators.” — Ruairi Fahy

3 years on, only 3% of nearly €6 million grant spent on Guinness lands

3 years on, only 3% of nearly €6 million grant spent on Guinness lands

“People Before Profit TDs highlighted the problems of funding for the LDA in the Dáil. We proposed to create an integrated publicly funded building company instead of relying on piecemeal schemes and trying to jump through hoops to keep the developments “off balance sheet”.” — Ruairí Fahy

Landlord facing RTB challenge for invalid notice to quit sent to RAS tenant

John Barry a man in his 60s who had to forcibly retire at 58 following a heart attack and who subsequently suffered a debilitating brain injury has been given until May 1st to vacate the home he rents from the council who received the property from James Moore of Grehane

Eviction ban extension bill agreed by Dáil after local TD fails to oppose it.

Eviction ban extension bill agreed by Dáil after local TD fails to oppose it.

"The housing crisis is extremely acute at the moment and while the current eviction ban has kept people off the streets over the winter we face a flood of evictions if eviction ban ends at the beginning of April" — Ruairí Fahy