Covid-19 can be turning point in homelessness fight

Campaigner Sr Stanislaus Kennedy has said that Covid-19 can be a turning point in the fight against homelessness as the Government can learn from the effectiveness of rent freezes and the ban on evictions.The charity says it helped 1,790 households to avoid becoming homeless or to leave homelessness last year.

According to the Department of Housing, the number of people homeless and living in emergency accommodation fell for five consecutive months of the pandemic from March to July.Latest figures show, excluding those sleeping on the streets, there are 8,702 adults and children living in emergency accommodation such as hotels or family hubs.Catherine Keenan is among those figures included in the data.

"But unfortunately they were short-term measures and they stopped in August and now we can see the emergence of homelessness again with people coming to us with eviction notices - that's a worrying trend especially when we may be heading into a second Covid surge and into the winter."

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