A homeless charity has called for hardship fund to help renters to be included in this year's Budget.
The Depaul charity, a national organisation tackling homelessness, assisted over 3,670 people in 2021, which CEO David Carroll described as a “monumental” year. He told listeners on RTE’s Morning Ireland that people should not have to choose between food, rent and fuel in order to make ends meet and called on the government to act ahead of the budget.
He said: “There is a concern that homelessness may get worse in the next couple of months due to the inflation crisis. It’s absolutely critical in the next couple of weeks that we think about people who may come into homelessness and turn off that tap as best we can.”
