Focus Ireland Call For More Action From Government To Stop Evictions
Homelessness charity Focus Ireland has called for greater government action to stop buy-to-let landlords evicting families.
New figures show children now make up nearly one in four of the country's homeless population.
But the government's highlighting a drop in the number of homeless families in Dublin, for the second month running. In Cork homeless charity Cork Simon says their figures show a 25% increase in the number of people without a home in Cork, compared to this time last year.
Focus Ireland spokesperson Roughan McNamara says the government should be trying harder to keep families in their homes:
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