Homelessness: Young mother forced to live in a mobile home after 50% rent rise

Lone parent Michelle Ward was renting privately  for nearly four years at a cost of €800 per month until her landlord put the rent up to €1,200

Michelle Ward and her four-year-old son live in a mobile home at the side of her father’s house in Galway.

Michelle Ward is a 34-year-old lone parent living in a mobile home at the side of her father’s house in Galway with her four-year-old son Gavin.

The mother of one was renting privately in Glenamaddy with her son for nearly four years at a cost of €800 per month.