Private emergency accommodation must be ‘quickly phased out’ – report

Private emergency accommodation must be ‘quickly phased out’ – report

The report said the Housing First initiative should be ‘significantly expanded’ (Niall Carson/PA)

Private emergency accommodation must be “quickly phased out” and replaced with appropriate long-term housing, an Oireachtas committee report has said.

The interim report on homelessness also recommended that the Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien phases out the use of private security firms in emergency homeless accommodation and publishes a timeline.

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