Sinn Féin wants ban on housing evictions brought back as Covid restrictions tighten

Sinn Féin’s housing spokesman Eoin Ó Broin wants to 'reinstate the ban on evictions, leave it in place until early next year.'

Eviction bans should be reinstated as should the full €350-a-week pandemic unemployment payment (PUP) given the increase in Covid-19 restrictions, Sinn Féin’s housing spokesman has said.

Speaking at the launch of his new affordable housing scheme, Eoin Ó Broin said the justification used in July was that the economy was opening up and the virus was less of a threat.