Lifting eviction ban will 'turn on the tap into homelessness', housing charity warns

Conference heard the 'breathing space' of an eviction ban must be used to provide solutions to the problems, such as addressing the exodus of landlords from the market, having sufficient emergency accommodation capacity in place and long-term housing solutions for such individuals and families. 

Lifting the eviction ban will “turn on the tap into homelessness and make an absolutely shameful situation even worse”, the Focus Ireland chief executive has said.

Opening a conference in Dublin on Tuesday, Pat Dennigan said the no-fault eviction ban had seen the rate at which families entered homelessness slow and down and had helped to “stem the tide”.