Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

We are discussing homeless families. The number one reason for homelessness is when someone or a family receives a notice to quit from a private landlord. The number one excuse being given these days is substantial refurbishment. If a landlord wants to raise the rent, get people out, get new people in and charge them more, substantial refurbishment is the way to go. This is particularly the case with mass evictions, since the Tyrrelstown amendment came in. The Minister must close this loophole.

The organisation Threshold states tonight in the Cork Evening Echothat there is a mass eviction pending in Cork city.

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