Thousands of lives are being devastated by the ongoing homelessness crisis, according to Social Democrats housing spokesperson Cian O\u2019Callaghan.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen this government was formed in June 2020, there were 8,699 people in homeless emergency accommodation, 2,653 of them children.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are now 14,966 people living in homeless emergency accommodation.<\/p>\n
\u201cShockingly, 4,645 of these are children \u2013 a 75 per cent increase since this Government took office.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a monumental failure that has devastating consequences for people\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery child growing up without a home is more likely to be bullied, less likely to do well at school and has higher chance of being hospitalised with preventable diseases.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are not a country starved of resources. The outgoing government has had record budget surpluses while simultaneously breaking the homelessness record 24 times.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis constant rise in homelessness is not inevitable \u2013 it is the direct result of failed policies from a government that refused to treat the housing crisis like the emergency that it is.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is no acceptable level of homelessness and that is why the Social Democrats have a plan to not just \u2018tackle\u2019 long-term homelessness, but to eradicate it entirely.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo child should grow up without a home and this should not be a radical statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is why the outcome of today\u2019s general election is so important. If we want to see an end to failed housing policy, we need to ensure that the same government is not re-elected.\u201d<\/p>\n
November 29, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Thousands of lives are being devastated by the ongoing homelessness crisis, according to Social Democrats housing spokesperson Cian O\u2019Callaghan. \u201cWhen this government was formed in June 2020, there were 8,699 people in homeless emergency accommodation, 2,653 of them children. \u201cThere are now 14,966 people living in homeless emergency accommodation. \u201cShockingly, 4,645 of these are children […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9642,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[278,643,10,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cian-ocallaghan","category-general-election-2024","category-housing-crisis","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n