{"id":1642,"date":"2018-05-15T07:36:30","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T12:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=1642"},"modified":"2018-05-15T07:36:30","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T12:36:30","slug":"dublin-paid-e47m-to-hotels-and-bbs-to-house-homeless-in-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=1642","title":{"rendered":"Dublin Paid \u20ac47m to Hotels and B&Bs to House Homeless in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"\u20ac47m was paid by Dublin City Council last year to hotels and B&Bs to house homeless people.<\/p>\n

The council has put forward new measures aimed at cutting these expenses but they involve ending the practice of prioritising homeless families for social housing.<\/p>\n

Instead, those in the private sector getting the Housing Assistance Payment will be given preferential treatment allowing their tenancies to be taken up by families in emergency accommodation.<\/p>\n

However, Chair of the Housing Committee, Daithi Doolan, thinks the Housing Assistance Payment is problematic.<\/p>\n

“HAP is not the solution; I have serious concerns about HAP,” he said.<\/p>\n

“HAP is putting people back in the private rental sector where many people…have been homeless, they go into HAP, and they’re homeless again.<\/p>\n

“I’m certainly not happy with families being forced into accepting HAP tenancies because it’s precarious, it’s not long-term, there’s no security there,” he said.<\/p>\n

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