Cork council to hold special meeting on 'cruel' funding cuts to tenant-in-situ scheme

Cork City Council will discuss writing to the housing minister and the Taoiseach requesting urgent increased funding to help dozens of people at immediate risk of homelessness

The tenant-in-situ scheme allows local authorities to step in and buy a rental property if the landlord is selling up, allowing the tenants to remain in place and continue renting. File picture

Sinn Féin has secured the holding of a special Cork City Council meeting to discuss "cruel” funding cuts which have put dozens of people at immediate risk of homelessness.

The meeting will consider one item – a motion calling on the council to write to the housing minister and the Taoiseach requesting urgent increased funding for the council’s capital acquisitions scheme to allow the tenant-in-situ scheme to continue.