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The government must immediately develop a family homelessness strategy and reintroduce a no-fault eviction ban, according to Social Democrats TD Rory Hearne. Deputy Hearne, who is the party’s housing spokesperson, was commenting on the latest homelessness figures, which were published this afternoon. “The figures show there were 15,286 people living in homeless emergency accommodation at […]

The new Minister for Housing must introduce emergency measures to tackle homelessness, according to Social Democrats TD Rory Hearne. Deputy Hearne, who is the party’s new housing spokesperson, said: “Figures published today show there were 14,864 people living in homeless emergency accommodation at the end of December. Shockingly, 4,510 of them are children. “While the […]