So which would you prefer?
50,000 homeless and stable or 10,000 homeless and rising?
It encourages unmarried stable couples in long term relationships to claim that the mother is a lone parent so that she can get housing support. That can mean a council house or, even better, the father buys the house and the mother rents it from him and HAP's pays their mortgage.And it encourages single women to have children because single women with children who are homeless go to the top of the list.
Most of the people I know who bought their own home had to buy well outside the areas where they grew up and where they worked. They had to make compromises which often involved very long commutes and not seeing their young children.
- Homelessness is an issue by itself, increasing levels of homelessness is another issue, and one that the article has completely missed
Some are, some aren't.But people who apply for social housing are also working people.
Some are, some aren't.
Yep, and those who can provide their own should have to do so. Those who can but choose not to should be left on the streets. I would, literally, let them starve or die of exposure rather than see them get a cent that should go to those who cannot provide for themselves.Regardless of who you are, what you do, everyone needs a roof over their head.
Yep, and if we could improve the utilisation of our existing housing stock just a little bit we'd have no homelessness. We have enough social housing, we just don't utilise it for the greatest social good.Of course, but in the main, most social housing is occupied by at least one working person.
But we dont have 50,000 homeless??
One is a hypothetical figure which has no basis in reality. The other is a real and factual figure with real consequences.
To answer your question, the hypothetical figure any day.
Or alternatively, 10,000 homeless and stable, or 10,000 homeless and rising?
Secondly, and in terms of the "why don't they move to somewhere cheaper like Leitrim" argument, one of the factors that people often overlook is the family network.
But you have said that increasing levels of homelessness is an issue.
It's not if it's coming from such a low base as we have in Ireland.
Which would you prefer a low level of homelessness but increasing or a high level of homelessness but steady?
Yep, and if we could improve the utilisation of our existing housing stock just a little bit we'd have no homelessness. We have enough social housing, we just don't utilise it for the greatest social good.
Of course not. How on earth did you draw that conclusion?Hi Peanuts
And do you think that people who buy their own homes don't have family networks?
Brendan
Secondly, and in terms of the "why don't they move to somewhere cheaper like Leitrim" argument, one of the factors that people often overlook is the family network.
It's about time people who buy their own homes, who work and who pay taxes get priority.
As a single parent I can tell you that the Fathers don’t get a flat or at least they are at the bottom of the list.The arguement around single mothers is utterly pathetic and frankly back in the dark ages. There are 216k single parent families in Ireland, the vast majority headed up by a seperated or widowed parent. Over 60% of lone parents actually work. Again I wait for the comment "well I know someone who got pregnant to get a flat". Seriously, do you really know what the story was?? Did she tell you. ? Maybe there are some but to think that thousands of women behaved like that is seriously ignorant. I wonder how the 12% of single parent families headed by a man managed to "get a flat".
Before people say , but but but .... Why don't you report the guy to social welfare etc , it's not my job to police the system I've a busy life but to any sane person it's clear to see what's going on with housing , it's a farce and we will look back at the money that was wasted housing wasters and there will be a realisation that the government where played for fools by media and vested interests.
If you are correct in your assertion of fraud, it would take you less time than it took you to write your post to report it:
I don't agree with your attitude that it's not "your job" to do so.
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