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Since the mid-2010s, Ireland has been experiencing a housing and accommodation crisis; [1] the simultaneous overlap of both crises exacerbated each other; the failure to provide housing meant that refugees could not expect to find much accommodation in Ireland, and the arrival of thousands of refugees in Ireland meant further strains on housing ...
Ireland’s housing crisis The specter of emigration has lingered in Ireland’s history, defined by a devastating famine between 1845 and 1852 that caused an estimated 2.1 million people to flee ...
Homelessness in Ireland is an evolving social issue. During the 19th century, homelessness was a pervasive impact of the Great Famine (1845–1852). [1] [2] During the 20th century, homelessness in Ireland was associated with older males who may have had addiction or alcoholism issues. However, since the 1990s and into the 21st century, it has ...
5 January – Focus Ireland and the Simon Community described newly released record figures for homelessness (from November 2023) as "shocking", with 9,409 adults and 4,105 children now homeless. [3] 9 January 14 migrants were found hidden in a refrigerated trailer at Rosslare Europort in County Wexford. [4]
By the second quarter of 2010, house prices in Ireland had fallen by 35% compared with the second quarter of 2007, and the number of housing loans approved fell by 73%. [1] [2] The collapse of the property bubble was one of the major contributing factors to the post-2008 Irish banking crisis.
An affordable housing shortage has stymied efforts to get people off the streets. The dismal state of SROs leaves L.A.'s poorest with even fewer places to go.
He appealed to the government to buy more housing for the homeless. [7] He advocated greater spending to help reduce inequality. [8] In 2014, he stated that the crisis of homelessness was threatening middle-class and working-class families. [9] In 2015, Trinity College Dublin awarded him with an honorary doctorate. [10]
San Francisco Mayor London Breed has launched a new crackdown on people sleeping outside in a campaign to clear the sidewalks of homeless encampments that have come to define the city. “You can ...