Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

I wish to ask about the policy of banks repossessing homes that, though buy-to-lets, have tenants, sometimes of many years. These tenants are now becoming homeless. I have several cases involving families that are in hotels, sleeping in cars or sofa surfing, as it is called. I put it to the Minister that encouraging banks to repossess homes while prices are rising is a sanctioned Government policy and that he has the power to initiate a policy to stop it.

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