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Ireland’s Private Rental Market: Exploring the RTB’s Latest Data
Introduction The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) recently published a new data series which provides information
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Lost Lives: Insight from the Health Research Board Report on Premature Deaths Among People Experiencing Homelessness
Key Findings The Health Research Board published their 2020 report on deaths among people experiencing
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The Invisibility of Women’s Homelessness
International Women’s Day is an opportunity to celebrate women, but we also must recognise the
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The Over-Reliance on the Private Rental Sector
Author: Rebecca Hamilton This is the final blog out of a series which explores (i)
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The Lack of Alternatives in the Private Rental Market
Author: Rebecca Hamilton This is the second of a series blogs, the first of which
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How Effective was the Temporary Eviction Moratorium?
This is the first of a three-part blog series which explores: (i) the effectiveness of
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The Moratorium on Eviction is a welcome and necessary action but it is only one step in addressing the depth of the homelessness crisis
Wayne Stanley, Head of Policy and Communications with the Simon Communities of Ireland, explores why
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An international perspective on Irish homelessness policy
In 2020, with the new Government keen to move on with its new ‘Housing For
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Single People in Homelessness
Single people bear the brunt of the homelessness and housing crisis. Homelessness: The number and
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The Role of Vacant Homes in a Housing Crisis
This month’s blog examines how the 167,000 vacant homes in Ireland could be utilised
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A Right to Home: What does it mean and how can you help?
Developments: a Right to Housing The government has committed to hosting a ‘referendum on housing’
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Images of Homelessness
The Simon Community of Ireland recently supported FEANTSA to organize and host an international Policy