Focus Ireland: Own-door emergency homes provide greater stability

Focus Ireland director of advocacy Mike Allen said international research and evidence from frontline experience indicated the most effective emergency response to family homelessness was to provide emergency accommodation which is as close to a ‘normal home’ as possible

A report into the use of own-door emergency accommodation suggests the improved living environment for the families staying in them boosts their capacity to find new mainstream accommodation.

The report, published by Focus Ireland, looked at four projects in which it is involved – two in Limerick, one in Waterford and one in Dublin.