Whatsvthe alternative to people coming, send them back to warzones?
If we stopped the chancers with no passports it would help a lot
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Revealed: the ‘political’ motive to lift ban on evictions
Cabinet feared spike in homeless numbers during May 2024 voting
The Government feared an extension of the no-fault eviction ban would have seen a dramatic increase in homeless numbers close to the European and local elections next year, the Sunday Independent can reveal.
The political motivation behind the decision to end the ban this month — rather than in six to 12 months’ time — was considered at the highest levels of government.
The revelation is expected to heighten criticism of the decision, which Sinn Féin housing spokesman Eoin Ó Broin today predicts will see 12,000 people without a home from next month.
Writing in the Sunday Independent, Mr Ó Broin says: “What these numbers make clear is that if the ban on evictions is not extended, we will have a homelessness crisis on a scale never before imagined.”
However, it can now be revealed that this very outcome at least partially motivated the Government to press ahead with ending the ban now, rather than closer to the elections next year.
Sinn Féin wants to extend the ban until the end of this year, accompanied by an emergency package of measures to prevent people from becoming homeless after it is lifted.
However, the Sunday Independent understands this issue was considered at the highest levels of government and ruled out partly over concerns that when the eviction ban was ultimately lifted, a resultant spike in homelessness would coincide with the European and local elections in May next year.
It was felt a significant increase in homeless numbers would damage the prospects of the government parties in those elections.
A senior government source said of the eviction ban: “If it had been extended for a few months to September, as Labour wanted, or December, as Sinn Féin wanted, it would have been extended again — and then would have to be lifted this time next year on the run into local and European elections or rolled on again.
“Remember, Rent Pressure Zones were temporary, but they’ve now been rolled over for six years.”
In this newspaper today, Mr Ó Broin says the ban on evictions must be extended and emergency measures put in place “to avoid what will otherwise be a very real human catastrophe come April”.
The Government is considering a range of tax measures to encourage landlords not to sell, or to sell to sitting tenants or local authorities with tenants in situ. Government sources also point to the intention to scale up the Land Development Agency to make it a “state developer and home builder”.
However, this weekend TDs around the country, particularly in larger urban areas, reported growing fear and anger among rental tenants.
Yesterday, one government TD said he had been approached by a HSE clerical worker, earning €38,000 a year, who faced the prospect of being made homeless next month.
“It’s bad out there, really bad, and only getting worse,” the TD said.
However, there is also a hardening of attitudes in government, particularly among Fine Gael TDs, many of whom believe introducing the eviction ban was a mistake in the first place.
A senior Fine Gael source said: “ Leo Varadkar consulted the parliamentary party about two or three weeks ago. It was three or four to one in favour of ending the ban at that meeting.
“Most thought it was a mistake to do it in the first place. Many thought it better to end it now rather than Christmas, as Sinn Féin proposes, or run into the locals.
“Ending it was the right decision. There would have been twice as many people facing eviction if it were extended to winter or Christmas or next year some time.
“Governments have been too willing to adopt left-wing housing policies that — other than building loads of social housing — don’t work. We need some new initiatives to boost supply, incentivise landlords and help renters.”
Mr Ó Broin writes today: “Our emergency accommodation system will simply not be able to cope with even a fraction of those people who will lose their rental homes from April.
“This will force thousands of people into seeking refuge with family and friends. Many tenants will have no option but to overhold in their rental property.
“Others will be forced to sleep rough. Some families with children will be referred to garda stations for a safe place to sleep. The scale of the crisis that will unfold in four weeks’ time, if the eviction ban is allowed to end, is beyond what anyone imagined.”
Can we get a few Niall Mellon types to start knocking up houses over bank holiday weekends. We can all do a bit of labouring and get it done to fuck.
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Poor Paul… Maybe he should refer to very basic science guidelines here.
If the child has a penis there’s a 99.99999999% chance it’s a boy.
If the child has a vagina there’s a 99.99999999% chance it’s a girl.
If it has been born with both genitalia he’s probably taking the right approach.
Best of luck with it Paul.
Apparently trans people are both everywhere and simultaneously only 0.00000001% of the population.
Trans people are not everywhere… They are less than 1% of the population.
If people want to play wokey wokey for a less than 1% chance that their child has a mental disorder around their gender/sex then good luck to them. I personally think it’s a form of child abuse.
The fact still remains that you’re male or female. If someone wants to become the other good luck…
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You think a lot of very silly things.
Everyone does. That’s life…
The world is a tough place. It’s not all hand holding and kum ba ya. While you should raise your child to be as honest and kind as possible you need to teach them resilience and a bit of tough love at times. The geebags like Murphy are doing children more harm than good. You put structures in place for your child to grow as best they can in the environment they live in… if they reject these structures yes, of course you address it. You don’t sit back and non parent and let a child dictate the structures. …
How do they interact with other children in this situation? Aside from being endlessly bullied - how do they avoid gender pronouns when playing with other kids - that must confuse them more than anything. How do they eventually ‘decide’ when they have no reference point to reject in the first place.
It’s no wonder teens are increasingly having more and more mental health problems compared to their predecessors… Hands off parenting and wokey wokey has them destroyed.
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Juniper. Wtf
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You hope it’s a girl. Can you imagine if Juniper is a lad and rocks up to secondary with a name like that? If it’s a lad he obviously won’t be playing any sport either with a name like that… He’ll be beaten half to death.
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Either that or Malarkey and Fagan types will try and distill him/her into something drinkable!
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That Damien Rice cunt.
With reactionary gobshites like you around it’s no wonder alright.
I’m not raising a berry.
It’s on the screeching left.
Is male pattern baldness hereditary
Cc @ forums bald members
Paul Murphy is all about, and will only ever be about, Paul Murphy.
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I still blame Martin O’Neill for not playing him in a competitive international.
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Damien Rice never, Bellx1 forever.