Housing

Homeless oversight body issues correspondence to Dublin city councillors over financial revelations at McVerry Trust

Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority has appointed inspectors to conduct a statutory investigation of PMVT

Francis Doherty, chief executive of Petery McVerry Trust. Picture: RollingNews.ie

The Dublin Region Homeless Executive has moved to calm concerns of elected representatives following the emergence of financial problems at Peter McVerry Trust, the housing and homeless charity.

In an email to Dublin City Council representatives on Thursday evening, Mary Hayes, director of DRHE, said the executive was “conscious” of recent revelations into the charity’s ongoing financial difficulties, which include the repayment of millions of euro in taxes.

On Tuesday, the Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory ...