Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

There are a couple of issues I wish to raise with the Minister which, again I believe, are practical suggestions. We need a portal where people can get the information about cost-rental and affordable housing. Many people just do not know what is out there, where they go for it, how they apply for it, and all that kind of stuff. A one-stop shop where all of the cost-rental and affordable information would be available would be a good idea.

The other matter I wish to raise is that given that some people are in homeless accommodation for a long period and others have been knocked off housing lists, notwithstanding the lookback where some people still got knocked off housing lists, I ask that the Government give a little priority to people who have been waiting a long time through some scheme where some of them could have a first shot at some of the cost-rental schemes, rather than it just being a completely random lottery? That should be considered.

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