{"id":1522,"date":"2021-03-26T15:16:07","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T15:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/numbers-of-people-in-emergency-accommodation-remain-stubbornly-high\/"},"modified":"2021-03-26T15:16:07","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T15:16:07","slug":"numbers-of-people-in-emergency-accommodation-remain-stubbornly-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/numbers-of-people-in-emergency-accommodation-remain-stubbornly-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Numbers of people in emergency accommodation remain stubbornly high"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Commenting on figures released today by the Department of Housing, Social Democrats TD Cian O\u2019Callaghan has called for immediate action to reduce the numbers of people becoming homeless.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy O\u2019Callaghan, who is the party\u2019s Housing spokesperson, said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe figures released today by the Department of Housing show that at the end of February there were 8,238 people who lost their home living in emergency accommodation. This includes 2,264 children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ban on evictions in the first half of 2020 was the most successful intervention of any Government in recent years to reduce the numbers of people becoming homeless. However, the removal and unwinding of many Covid-19 protections for renters since then has resulted in a continued flow of families and individuals losing their homes and being evicted into homelessness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is very clear what action needs to be taken to reduce the numbers of people becoming homeless. The Minister for Housing should act swiftly to bring protections for renters in Ireland in line with most other European countries \u2013 such a move would substantially reduce the numbers of people becoming homeless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>March 26, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commenting on figures released today by the Department of Housing, Social Democrats TD Cian O\u2019Callaghan has called for immediate action to reduce the numbers of people becoming homeless. Deputy O\u2019Callaghan, who is the party\u2019s Housing spokesperson, said: \u201cThe figures released today by the Department of Housing show that at the end of February there were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1499,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[278,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cian-ocallaghan","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Numbers of people in emergency accommodation remain stubbornly high - Social Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/numbers-of-people-in-emergency-accommodation-remain-stubbornly-high\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ga_IE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Numbers of people in emergency accommodation remain stubbornly high - Social Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Commenting on figures released today by the Department of Housing, Social Democrats TD Cian O\u2019Callaghan has called for immediate action to reduce the numbers of people becoming homeless. 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