Fr Peter McVerry: ‘Evictions are a return to famine times’

Fr Peter McVerry has said the country is returning to famine times by evicting families and that the Government is not willing to “take on” vested interests to solve the housing crisis.

“Unless we prevent more people coming into the system, then trying to house homeless people is like trying to empty the bath water with the tap still running.

“It should be made illegal to evict people into homelessness, particularly families. That’s what we did during the famine years and we’re still doing it today in 2017,” said Fr McVerry.