Call for three-month limit on emergency accommodation

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission wants homeless families moved from emergency accommodation into permanent housing within three months.

That was its message to Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy while calling on him change the Housing Act 1998 so local authorities have to find permanent accommodation for families.

The commission has raised a number of concerns about emergency accommodation in a policy statement and wants the amount of time a family stays in such a setting to be limited to three months.