Housing service secures homes for 140 in first year

A service which helps homeless people to move into private rented accommodation has found homes for more than 140 people in Cork since it began work last year, according to a new report.

The access housing unit (AHU), operated by the charity Threshold, opened in summer 2012 from its base in Cork City.

Diarmaid O’Sullivan, services manager for Threshold in Cork, said that in 50 cases in the past year, it moved people from emergency homeless shelters to private rented accommodation and, in another 39 cases, other homeless people — including families — who were not in hostels were also accommodated.