{"id":1868,"date":"2022-07-29T13:25:46","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T12:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/urgent-action-needed-from-government-to-address-near-record-levels-of-homelessness\/"},"modified":"2022-07-29T13:25:46","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T12:25:46","slug":"urgent-action-needed-from-government-to-address-near-record-levels-of-homelessness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/urgent-action-needed-from-government-to-address-near-record-levels-of-homelessness\/","title":{"rendered":"Urgent action needed from Government to address near record levels of homelessness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>The latest homelessness figures\u00a0are a shocking indictment of the Government\u2019s failed housing policy<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Government must urgently respond to near record-breaking levels of homelessness, according to the Social Democrats Housing Spokesperson Cian O\u2019Callaghan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHomelessness is near an all-time high. This is a disaster for everyone living in emergency accommodation who does not have a place they can call home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFigures released by the Department of Housing today show that there are now 10,492 people trapped in emergency accommodation, including 3,071 children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHomelessness has increased by over 31% in the past year \u2013 while child homelessness is up by 41% during the same period. These figures are a shocking indictment of the Government\u2019s failed housing policy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese figures do not include people sleeping rough on our streets, in tents and on couches.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a complete lack of urgency by the Government in their approach to housing. There are five things that the Government should do immediately to reverse this latest increase.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They should;<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 End no-fault evictions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tenants who pay their rent and adhere to their lease agreement should not be subject to eviction.<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Urgently introduce a tax on vacant homes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are more than 87,000 vacant homes around the country \u2013 a tax to help bring some of these back into use would help increase supply.<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Extend the rent pressure zones nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Renters outside of Rent Pressure Zones are at risk of homelessness when they face rent increases as high as 70%.<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Revise the Housing Assistance Payment levels upwards.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is virtually impossible in major urban areas to find anywhere to rent for people in receipt of HAP.<\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Proactively regulate short-term lets.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There were more than 35,000 empty rental homes on the night of the census. Many of these operate as short-term lets without planning permission or planning exemption.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bringing even a fraction of these back into use as rental homes would make a significant impact.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Government must act with a real sense of urgency if the number of people living without a home in emergency accommodation is going to be decreased.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>29 July, 2022<\/p>\n<p>Ends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest homelessness figures\u00a0are a shocking indictment of the Government\u2019s failed housing policy The Government must urgently respond to near record-breaking levels of homelessness, according to the Social Democrats Housing Spokesperson Cian O\u2019Callaghan. \u201cHomelessness is near an all-time high. 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