Only 3.7% of national rental stock affordable for standard housing support recipients October 6, 2019 A new report by the Simon Communities of Ireland has revealed that on average just 3.7% of rental housing stock across the country is within standard Rent Supplement (RS) or Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) limits. The charity’s latest ‘Locked Out …
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Almost one in three adults knows someone who has recently lived in temporary accommodation October 3, 2019 Almost three in ten Irish adults know someone who is staying in temporary accommodation, or who has done so in the past 12 months, according to research published by the Simon Communities of Ireland. In a national omnibus survey – …
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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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