Cost of failure to deliver social housing falls on... you guessed right

It is not the least bit surprising that internal Department of Social Protection documents dismiss the impact of increases in rent supplement (Irish Examiner, May 16).

This austerity measure is the policy the department has relentlessly pursued for several years.

It has been one of the most significant factors causing many hundreds of families and individuals to lose their homes and become homeless as they struggled to bridge the gap between the cost of renting and the low level of rent supplement support.