Family who refused six emergency accommodation offers lose bid against Clare council 

The family, which includes seven children, assert that they should be allocated a three-bedroom house which is part of the council’s social housing stock

The judge, setting out the background to the case said that since August 2024, six different own-door accommodations have been offered as emergency accommodation and had been refused for various reasons including concerns about safety, suitability and distance from the children’s schools. File picture

A family who turned down six offers of houses by Clare County Council have failed in their High Court bid to force the council to provide them with emergency accommodation.

Ms Justice Marguerite Bolger ruled that Clare County Council had lawfully discharged its statutory duties in relation to the provision of emergency accommodation to the family which includes seven children. The judge further stated that the family are not entitled to require the council to offer them emergency accommodation from housing stock earmarked for social housing.