{"id":1656,"date":"2021-08-17T12:01:32","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T11:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/tents-a-sign-of-failure-to-tackle-housing-and-homelessness-crises\/"},"modified":"2021-08-17T12:01:32","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T11:01:32","slug":"tents-a-sign-of-failure-to-tackle-housing-and-homelessness-crises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/tents-a-sign-of-failure-to-tackle-housing-and-homelessness-crises\/","title":{"rendered":"Tents A Sign of Failure To Tackle Housing And Homelessness Crises"},"content":{"rendered":"

Purging tents may disappear homeless people from the streets, but it does nothing to address the underlying problem<\/strong><\/p>\n

The proliferation of tents in Dublin is not a sign of the city\u2019s \u201cedginess\u201d, but a sign of the government\u2019s failure to tackle our housing and homelessness crises, according to Social Democrats Housing Spokesperson Cian O\u2019Callaghan.<\/p>\n

\u201cSpeaking on Newstalk radio, Dublin City Council CEO Owen Keegan said the proliferation of homeless people sleeping in tents added to a \u201cperception of an edginess about the city\u201d, which may deter people from shopping and socialising. He made his remarks in the context of a discussion about anti-social behaviour, having raised the issue of homelessness unprompted.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe proliferation of tents in Dublin is not a sign of the city\u2019s \u201cedginess\u201d, but a sign of the government\u2019s failure to tackle our housing and homelessness crises. People sleeping in tents are not engaged in anti-social behaviour \u2013 they are desperately trying to survive in a city in which affordable housing options are almost non-existent.<\/p>\n

“Purging tents from Dublin may disappear homeless people from the streets, but it does nothing to address the underlying problem. Further, people experiencing homelessness suffer enough stigma in our society, without needlessly linking this vulnerable cohort to assaults and anti-social behaviour.<\/p>\n

\u201cMr Keegan suggested that people experiencing homelessness do not need to sleep on the streets as there are adequate hostel spaces available. He failed to mention the very serious problems that exist with standards in some privately-run emergency accommodation. A set of national standards (the National Quality Standards Framework) has applied to not-for-profit-run services since 2019, but these are not being adhered to by private operators. There is also a lack of\u00a0appropriately trained support staff in these privately-run centres, which are funded by Dublin City Council.<\/p>\n

\u201cPerhaps if Mr Keegan spent more time trying to address standards in emergency accommodation, and less time bemoaning the unsightly appearance of tents on city streets, there would be fewer homeless people who feel sleeping rough is a preferable option to hostels.<\/p>\n

`’Homelessness is a complex issue that has been hugely exacerbated by the country\u2019s near decade-long housing crisis. A zero-tolerance approach to tents \u2013 a de facto \u2018out of sight, out of mind\u2019 policy – is not a credible solution and suggests a lack of empathy and understanding from those tasked with managing the issue.\u201d<\/p>\n

17 August, 2021<\/p>\n

Ends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Purging tents may disappear homeless people from the streets, but it does nothing to address the underlying problem The proliferation of tents in Dublin is not a sign of the city\u2019s \u201cedginess\u201d, but a sign of the government\u2019s failure to tackle our housing and homelessness crises, according to Social Democrats Housing Spokesperson Cian O\u2019Callaghan. \u201cSpeaking […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[278,10,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cian-ocallaghan","category-housing-crisis","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTents A Sign of Failure To Tackle Housing And Homelessness Crises - 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\/tents-a-sign-of-failure-to-tackle-housing-and-homelessness-crises\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ga_IE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tents A Sign of Failure To Tackle Housing And Homelessness Crises - Social Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Purging tents may disappear homeless people from the streets, but it does nothing to address the underlying problem The proliferation of tents in Dublin is not a sign of the city\u2019s \u201cedginess\u201d, but a sign of the government\u2019s failure to tackle our housing and homelessness crises, according to Social Democrats Housing Spokesperson Cian O\u2019Callaghan. \u201cSpeaking […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/tents-a-sign-of-failure-to-tackle-housing-and-homelessness-crises\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Social Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/socialdemocratsireland\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-17T11:01:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/4475-412-scaled-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"ZOO Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@SocDems\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@SocDems\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"ZOO Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/tents-a-sign-of-failure-to-tackle-housing-and-homelessness-crises\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/tents-a-sign-of-failure-to-tackle-housing-and-homelessness-crises\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"ZOO Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4aa25e1b0ecfe5e51a2ceab9a9006960\"},\"headline\":\"Tents A Sign of Failure To Tackle Housing And Homelessness Crises\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-17T11:01:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/tents-a-sign-of-failure-to-tackle-housing-and-homelessness-crises\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":407,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/tents-a-sign-of-failure-to-tackle-housing-and-homelessness-crises\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/4475-412-scaled-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Cian O'Callaghan\",\"Housing Crisis\",\"Press Release\"],\"inLanguage\":\"ga-IE\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/tents-a-sign-of-failure-to-tackle-housing-and-homelessness-crises\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/tents-a-sign-of-failure-to-tackle-housing-and-homelessness-crises\\\/\",\"name\":\"Tents A Sign of Failure To Tackle Housing And Homelessness Crises - Social Democrats\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/tents-a-sign-of-failure-to-tackle-housing-and-homelessness-crises\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/tents-a-sign-of-failure-to-tackle-housing-and-homelessness-crises\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/4475-412-scaled-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-17T11:01:32+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/tents-a-sign-of-failure-to-tackle-housing-and-homelessness-crises\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"ga-IE\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/tents-a-sign-of-failure-to-tackle-housing-and-homelessness-crises\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"ga-IE\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/tents-a-sign-of-failure-to-tackle-housing-and-homelessness-crises\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/4475-412-scaled-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/4475-412-scaled-1.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1280},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/tents-a-sign-of-failure-to-tackle-housing-and-homelessness-crises\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Tents A Sign of Failure To Tackle Housing And Homelessness Crises\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/\",\"name\":\"Social Democrats\",\"description\":\"Change Ireland for the better\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"ga-IE\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Social Democrats\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"ga-IE\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/SocDems-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/SocDems-logo.png\",\"width\":846,\"height\":358,\"caption\":\"The Social Democrats\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/socialdemocratsireland\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/SocDems\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4aa25e1b0ecfe5e51a2ceab9a9006960\",\"name\":\"ZOO Admin\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\\\/ga\\\/author\\\/zoo-admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Tents A Sign of Failure To Tackle Housing And Homelessness Crises - Social Democrats","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/tents-a-sign-of-failure-to-tackle-housing-and-homelessness-crises\/","og_locale":"ga_IE","og_type":"article","og_title":"Tents A Sign of Failure To Tackle Housing And Homelessness Crises - Social Democrats","og_description":"Purging tents may disappear homeless people from the streets, but it does nothing to address the underlying problem The proliferation of tents in Dublin is not a sign of the city\u2019s \u201cedginess\u201d, but a sign of the government\u2019s failure to tackle our housing and homelessness crises, according to Social Democrats Housing Spokesperson Cian O\u2019Callaghan. \u201cSpeaking […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/tents-a-sign-of-failure-to-tackle-housing-and-homelessness-crises\/","og_site_name":"Social Democrats","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/socialdemocratsireland","article_published_time":"2021-08-17T11:01:32+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1280,"url":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/4475-412-scaled-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"ZOO Admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@SocDems","twitter_site":"@SocDems","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"ZOO Admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/tents-a-sign-of-failure-to-tackle-housing-and-homelessness-crises\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/tents-a-sign-of-failure-to-tackle-housing-and-homelessness-crises\/"},"author":{"name":"ZOO Admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#\/schema\/person\/4aa25e1b0ecfe5e51a2ceab9a9006960"},"headline":"Tents A Sign of Failure To Tackle Housing And Homelessness Crises","datePublished":"2021-08-17T11:01:32+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/tents-a-sign-of-failure-to-tackle-housing-and-homelessness-crises\/"},"wordCount":407,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/tents-a-sign-of-failure-to-tackle-housing-and-homelessness-crises\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/4475-412-scaled-1.jpg","articleSection":["Cian O'Callaghan","Housing Crisis","Press Release"],"inLanguage":"ga-IE"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/tents-a-sign-of-failure-to-tackle-housing-and-homelessness-crises\/","url":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/tents-a-sign-of-failure-to-tackle-housing-and-homelessness-crises\/","name":"Tents A Sign of Failure To Tackle Housing And Homelessness Crises - Social Democrats","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/tents-a-sign-of-failure-to-tackle-housing-and-homelessness-crises\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/tents-a-sign-of-failure-to-tackle-housing-and-homelessness-crises\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/4475-412-scaled-1.jpg","datePublished":"2021-08-17T11:01:32+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/tents-a-sign-of-failure-to-tackle-housing-and-homelessness-crises\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"ga-IE","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/tents-a-sign-of-failure-to-tackle-housing-and-homelessness-crises\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"ga-IE","@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/tents-a-sign-of-failure-to-tackle-housing-and-homelessness-crises\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/4475-412-scaled-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/4475-412-scaled-1.jpg","width":1920,"height":1280},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/tents-a-sign-of-failure-to-tackle-housing-and-homelessness-crises\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tents A Sign of Failure To Tackle Housing And Homelessness Crises"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/","name":"Social Democrats","description":"Change Ireland for the better","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"ga-IE"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#organization","name":"The Social Democrats","url":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"ga-IE","@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/SocDems-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/SocDems-logo.png","width":846,"height":358,"caption":"The Social Democrats"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/socialdemocratsireland","https:\/\/x.com\/SocDems"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#\/schema\/person\/4aa25e1b0ecfe5e51a2ceab9a9006960","name":"ZOO Admin","url":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/author\/zoo-admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}