‘Only for a friend’s spare room I'd have been in a tent in pandemic’

Artists join forces with architect and Home of the Year judge Hugh Wallace to put Simon Community in the frame

Architect and RTE’s Home of the Year judge Hugh Wallace launched the Art of Home Exhibition. Picture: Maxwells

A woman who is taking part in an exhibition to support homelessness has spoken of how but for her friend, she would have been forced to live in a tent during the pandemic.

The artist, who didn’t want to be named, said she was “in limbo” trying to find somewhere to rent, as new house-shares and hotels became “unviable”.