Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE) | Oireachtas source

The Taoiseach said that councils should buy properties in circumstances where people are in HAP or RAS tenancies and are faced with eviction. Does that include those on rent supplement? Is it actually going to happen? I ask that because on Monday I sat with a woman, Stephanie, in Springfield in Tallaght. She has four children and is studying psychology in college. She had been given a notice quit and was forced to overhold because there was nowhere she could go. The homeless placement service told her that it did not even have emergency accommodation and it would have to give her a tent for her and her four children. Thankfully, the landlord was co-operative and did not force her to leave. However, the landlord wants to sell. We are hearing from the council that there is a long list and a long process, etc.

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