Simon: Rent freezes could stop homelessness

Rent freezes should be considered as part of a radical new approach to preventing the flow of people into homelessness, the head of Cork Simon said.

Charity director Dermot Kavanagh has also called for a complete review of the Government’s Rebuilding Ireland strategy, and a massive ramp-up of investment in the building of social housing, as he admitted mounting “frustration” over the slow delivery of the strategy.