Time to come Together for Housing

Eoin Ó Broin is a Sinn Féin TD

The housing crisis is getting worse. Under the current government, homelessness has exploded to levels unseen before.

In just two years, the number of people in emergency accommodation has increased by 55 per cent. Levels of pensioner homelessness have risen 60 per cent. The number of children without a home has shot up a shocking 74 per cent.

If the 875 adults and children removed from the Department of Housing’s monthly homeless reports ...