{"id":1541,"date":"2021-04-19T13:33:55","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T12:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/proposed-youth-homelessness-strategy-must-aim-to-achieve-set-targets\/"},"modified":"2021-04-19T13:33:55","modified_gmt":"2021-04-19T12:33:55","slug":"proposed-youth-homelessness-strategy-must-aim-to-achieve-set-targets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/proposed-youth-homelessness-strategy-must-aim-to-achieve-set-targets\/","title":{"rendered":"Proposed Youth Homelessness Strategy must aim to achieve set targets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Responding to Minister Darragh O\u2019Brien\u2019s announcement that the Homelessness Taskforce is meeting to discuss the formation of a new Youth Homelessness Strategy, Social Democrats Housing spokesperson Cian O\u2019Callaghan said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA target must be set for the elimination of youth homelessness and for every effort to be made to ensure that the strategy meets the needs of all young people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe proposed Youth Homelessness Strategy must set out a clear plan for eliminating youth homelessness. Every effort should be made by all organs of the State to ensure that no young person becomes homeless. With the right level of ambition and resources, we can eliminate homelessness in Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new Youth Homeless Strategy must place\u00a0a strong focus on communities at higher risk of homelessness, including those exiting care, LGBTQ+ young people, Travellers, and other ethnic minorities. No one should be left behind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is vital that young people are empowered to play a central role in the formation of this new strategy and that the actions, targets and timelines are shaped by their experiences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith homelessness now likely to go up because of the Government\u2019s decision to remove the eviction ban \u2013 against the advice of the Social Democrats and NGOs who work in this area \u2013 a credible Youth Homelessness Strategy is more important than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>April 19, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Responding to Minister Darragh O\u2019Brien\u2019s announcement that the Homelessness Taskforce is meeting to discuss the formation of a new Youth Homelessness Strategy, Social Democrats Housing spokesperson Cian O\u2019Callaghan said: \u201cA target must be set for the elimination of youth homelessness and for every effort to be made to ensure that the strategy meets the needs [&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-1541","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 - 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