We were asked by Morning Ireland to discuss homelessness and to iterate our view that the removal of bedsits which were a source of housing for people with low to no incomes was a mistake. Focus Ireland shared the view and made important points about their work being more than just putting roofs over peoples heads.
RTE 1 O’Clock News: Irish Mortgage Brokers talk about bedsits and homelessness
We were interviewed by RTE news and were making the point that removing bedsits (somewhere between 7-14,000 were occupied) simply got rid of low cost affordable homes for many people and pushed them into worse conditions than the bedsits represented.