'They look at colour': Lone-parent migrant families face racism in rental market, new report finds

Report found migrant families face discrimination in the private rental market, often linked to race and family status, inadequate supports, issues with the housing assistance payment and administrative burdens in contact with local authorities

Lone-parent migrant families have no realistic way of securing housing and are “effectively trapped” between direct provision and homelessness, a new report has found.

ActionAid Ireland said its peer-led research highlighted racism and discrimination in the rental market, even as Cabinet was set to agree on new asylum measures the charity described as “harsh” and would make situations for families “even more difficult”.