Dáil debates
Tuesday, 24 November 2020
Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions
Social and Affordable Housing
7:55 pm
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú) | Oireachtas source
People with disabilities are more than twice as likely to face discrimination relating to housing and they are 1.6 times more likely to live in poor conditions. They live in damp housing and housing that lacks central heating and they also live in areas with significant problems. A total of 25% of people forced to live homeless on our streets have a disability. This is a rate far higher than is in the general population. More than 1,000 people with disabilities under the age of 65, and this is startling, live inappropriately in nursing homes.
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