{"id":2150,"date":"2023-06-30T13:24:10","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T12:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/increasingly-dysfunctional-rental-market-contributing-to-record-homelessness-levels\/"},"modified":"2023-09-15T10:41:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T09:41:26","slug":"increasingly-dysfunctional-rental-market-contributing-to-record-homelessness-levels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/increasingly-dysfunctional-rental-market-contributing-to-record-homelessness-levels\/","title":{"rendered":"Increasingly dysfunctional rental market contributing to record homelessness levels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Minister for Housing must immediately reinstate ban on no-fault evictions\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>An increasingly dysfunctional rental market is contributing to record levels of homelessness, according to Social Democrats TD Cian O\u2019Callaghan.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy O\u2019Callaghan, who is the party\u2019s housing spokesperson, said:<\/p>\n<p>The latest figures show there are now 12,441 people living in homeless emergency accommodation. This is the highest number in the history of the State and surpasses last month\u2019s grim record. Of these, 3,699 are children, representing a 39 per cent rise since this Government took charge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are not just numbers \u2013 each person is a daughter, son, sister, brother, mother or father going through a deeply distressing ordeal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt beggars belief that this Government can claim they have turned the corner on housing when the number of children growing up homeless rises every month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis week, the Dublin Simon Community reported that 25 per cent of the beds in one of their homeless hostels were being taken up by people in employment. They include cleaners, skilled tradespeople, healthcare employees, taxi drivers and other workers who have been left with nowhere to go, despite earning a steady wage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf workers cannot afford to put a roof over their head, it shows that the social contract is in ruins.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe majority of people entering homelessness are coming from an increasingly dysfunctional private rented sector. The Government\u2019s disastrous decision to lift the ban on no-fault evictions is leaving renters with no other options but to seek help from homeless services.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe simply cannot accept these appalling numbers of people becoming homeless. I am again calling on the Minister for Housing to immediately reinstate the ban on no-fault evictions in order to protect people from experiencing the trauma of homelessness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>June 30, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister for Housing must immediately reinstate ban on no-fault evictions\u00a0 An increasingly dysfunctional rental market is contributing to record levels of homelessness, according to Social Democrats TD Cian O\u2019Callaghan. Deputy O\u2019Callaghan, who is the party\u2019s housing spokesperson, said: The latest figures show there are now 12,441 people living in homeless emergency accommodation. 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