Mum and three children face eviction on Christmas week

A mother and her three children are facing eviction on Christmas week after their landlord gave them three months to quit the rented house so he can move in family members.

Cork City councillor Mick Finn (Ind) said the family, who have been living in the private rented house in the Blackrock area as tenants under the rental accommodation scheme (RAS), are facing into an emergency shelter unless they can find a council house or other rental accommodation in time.

The mother has been an RAS tenant in the house for four years and has been paying a differential rent to the council which, in turn, makes payments to the landlord.