Letters to the Editor: Treat crisis in housing as an emergency and fix it

A reader says we are in danger of losing the community values that held us together in hard times

Special education teacher Sophie Cole was diagnosed with complex regional pain syndrome following an assault by a student in her class. Picture: Dan Linehan

During the recent general election campaign, the issue of our housing shortage was front and centre, however, a lot of the time the examples given referred to the 30-year-olds still living at home. 

While not ideal, for some, this is a good option as they try to save on rent in order to buy a property eventually.