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Clare Homeless Charity Accuses Gov Of Leaving Families On A ‘Knife Edge’ By Delaying Decision On Extending Eviction Ban

A Clare-based homeless charity is accusing the government of leaving families on a ‘knife edge’ by failing to make a decision on whether the moratorium on evictions will be extended.

The current ban on eviction notices will expire on March 31st.

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The Dáil will debate a bill this week calling for the ban on no-fault evictions to be retained for the duration of the housing crisis.

 

The proposed legislation has been tabled by People Before Profit and will be debated in the Dáil chamber on Wednesday.

Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien this week said that no decision on extending the moratorium has yet been made and pledged that it would be discussed in the coming weeks.

MidWest Simon is calling for a swift decision on the protective measure to be made, given that there’s only just over five weeks left until the ban runs out.

CEO of MidWest Simon, Jackie Bonfield, says that leaving families in limbo while the measure is debated is causing trauma for thousands of households.

Novas is warning that no family who used it’s Ennis hub in the past year was subsequently housed through the private market.

The Mid-West charity says the level of homelessness in Clare and the wider region will soar as a result if the eviction ban is lifted.

Head of Advocacy and Communications with Novas, Una Burns, says incentives for landlords to stay in the market need to be introduced in line with the retention of the eviction moratorium.

Meanwhile, Threshold doesn’t believe it’s even a possibility for the government to end the eviction ban presently.

Threshold’s National Advocacy Manager, Ann Marie O’Reilly, says the moratorium was put in place to give government breathing room to address the housing crisis and that they haven’t done that.

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