Fresh thinking required to solve Ireland’s homelessness crisis – Simon Communities of Ireland September 30, 2019 Ireland’s homelessness crisis is not an intractable problem, but it needs a new determination to move from ‘dealing with’ to ‘ending’ the uncertainty facing more than 10,000 people in Ireland. That’s the message from Simon Communities of Ireland, in its …
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One-third of calls to Threshold in 2017 related to tenancy termination December 5, 2018 Threshold’s front line services protected more than 4,000 tenancies last year nationwide – Threshold 2017 Annual Report. Some 32 per cent of calls to Threshold last year were from tenants faced with losing their homes. That is according to figures …
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Less than a third of Threshold clients choose to rent June 11, 2018 Less than a third of tenants rent their homes by choice. That’s according to Threshold’s Tenant Sentiment Survey released ahead of an event to mark the national housing charity’s 40th anniversary. The remaining 71% rent in the private sector because …
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Rebuilding Ireland: Threshold welcomes measures to solve the crisis in the private rented sector July 19, 2016 The national housing charity Threshold, has welcomed commitments by the Government to reform the private rented sector. Rebuilding Ireland: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, was launched  by Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Simon Coveney TD and includes …
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