Modular homes for emergency housing among moves outlined in homelessness action plan

Sinn Féin’s housing spokesperson Eoin Ó Broin said the launch of the plan on the eve of Ireland’s hosting of the European Political Community summit was equivalent to the Government burying it

As well as modular housing for emergency accommodation, the long-awaited Child and Family Homelessness Action Plan aims to legislate to remove domestic abusers from shared local authority tenancies. File picture: iStock

The Government is looking to increase the use of modular housing for emergency accommodation and to legislate to remove domestic abusers from shared local authority tenancies.

The actions are included in the long-awaited Child and Family Homelessness Action Plan which outlines 43 actions along with €20 million in funding aimed at addressing homelessness.