162 Sleep Rough

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Sleeping rough in Dublin city centre last night

Last night.

Some 162 people – 132 males and 32 females – slept on the streets of Dublin, according to Inner City Helping Homeless.

Further to this…

Olivia Kelly, in The Irish Times, reports:

Almost half the homeless families currently living in hotels in Dublin are to be moved to nine “family hub” emergency accommodation centres across the city and county.

The facilities, which have been leased by Dublin City Council for five years, will cater for approximately 380 families

Just one of the hubs is a former hotel, Lynam’s Hotel on O’Connell Street, with the remaining eight including buildings owned by religious institutions, large family houses, and former industrial premises.

More than 1,000 families are currently in emergency accommodation and 815 of those are living in hotels. Minister for Housing Simon Coveney has set a deadline of July 1st to end the use of commercial hotels for homeless families.

Number of homeless families in Dublin hotels to be nearly halved (Olivia Kelly, The Irish Times)

Yesterday: No Homes To Go To

Previously: Social And Affordable Housing Are Not The Same

Pic: Anthony Flynn

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10 thoughts on “162 Sleep Rough

  1. Dubh Linn

    Moving 380 families to a closed hotel on O’Connell Street. What could go wrong?

    The kids better learn to step over used needles and run to avoid being mugged very dammed quick.

    Where are the schools coming from for all the kids to go to?

  2. scottser

    ‘Minister for Housing Simon Coveney has set a deadline of July 1st to end the use of commercial hotels for homeless families.’

    not going to happen unless existing homeless families have accommodations to move into.

    1. ollie

      Ending the use of commercial Hotels by………. moving families into DCC Hotels.
      Simon Coveney. you are a genius

  3. Panty Christ

    They aren’t temporary modular accommodations they are rapid build permanent cube dwellings

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