{"id":1270,"date":"2020-10-21T15:11:40","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T14:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ban-on-evictions-should-be-extended-for-six-months\/"},"modified":"2020-10-21T15:11:40","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T14:11:40","slug":"ban-on-evictions-should-be-extended-for-six-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/ban-on-evictions-should-be-extended-for-six-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Ban on evictions should be extended for six months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Social Democrats Housing spokesperson and Dublin Bay North TD, Cian O\u2019Callaghan, is calling on the Government to extend the planned ban on evictions for six months.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy O\u2019Callaghan said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need decisive, concrete action from the Government on evictions. Bouncing in and out of temporary and partial bans is not good enough at this stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need a six-month blanket ban on evictions.\u00a0People deserve to feel secure in their homes and should not have to worry about being evicted during a global pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cResearch from the University of Harvard shows that there is a clear link between evictions and the spread of infection. If we want to stop Covid-19, then we need to stop evictions. This ban needs to be in place, not for six weeks, but for at least six months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know that a ban on evictions prevents homelessness. Between March and July, when the last full ban was in place, family homelessness dropped by 23%. We need to stop people being evicted into homelessness. A six-month ban on evictions buys the Government time to introduce sustainable, long-term reforms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the next few months, too many people are unfortunately going to experience job and income losses \u2013 the last thing they need on top of that is an eviction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>October 21, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social Democrats Housing spokesperson and Dublin Bay North TD, Cian O\u2019Callaghan, is calling on the Government to extend the planned ban on evictions for six months. Deputy O\u2019Callaghan said: \u201cWe need decisive, concrete action from the Government on evictions. Bouncing in and out of temporary and partial bans is not good enough at this stage. 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