Lorcan Sirr: Having a job is no longer a guarantee of having a house. That's a breach of the social contract

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

68% : When homelessness numbers breached 10,000 in 2019 under Eoghan Murphy, then Opposition housing spokesman Darragh O'Brien said the figures were "disgraceful" and "a shameful and saddening example of failed Government policy".
54% : The moratorium on no-fault evictions during Covid slowed the rate of evictions and therefore homelessness, but is not politically-appetising post-crisis, although arguably it should be, alongside equal tax treatment for small and large landlords.
54% : The truth is across housing the State is as dependent on non-profit NGOs as it is on the for-profit private sector to do the heavy lifting for Government both in preventing homelessness and helping many thousands of homeless people each year (including those who never appear in statistics, such as homeless under-18s).
44% : A definition that excludes those who probably should be included means policy is not led by need, but by political necessity and the avoidance of responsibility.

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