Welfare recipients face ‘systemic’ housing discrimination

Discrimination in the housing rental market against people on social welfare supports is systemic, says the head of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC).

Welfare recipients face ‘systemic’ housing discrimination

Discrimination in the housing rental market against people on social welfare supports is systemic, says the head of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC).

Chief commissioner Emily Logan says the problem will persist without changes to a legal system that requires vulnerable individuals to personally take cases to assert their rights.

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