Reports suggest more than €82 million has been spent on private emergency accommodation this year in Dublin alone
.reporter Josh Crosbie, who investigated the cost of homeless accommodation in Ireland.“That was what was spent up to the end of September, and this is just the private operations, not the charities we know who have the shelters,” he said.
“We can only assume that we will be reaching close to the €100 million mark by the end of this year.”Local authorities do not release figures on how much providers such as hotels and BnBs receive for providing homeless accommodation, but Josh spoke to UCD Social Policy Professor Michelle Norris.“Until a couple of years ago, voluntary NGOs provided about half of accommodation for homeless people, and private emergency accommodation provided the other half,” she said.
“In terms of annual cost, is two or three times more expensive than accommodation of families using Housing Assistance Payments in the private rented sector.'They're afraid to stay in hostels' W.H. Five Loaves is a frontline charity and doesn’t offer accommodation, but many people from the city come to Bray looking for tents or sleeping bags to stay outside.“Charities have controls, rightly so, and I think regulation and security has to be approved in some shape or form.”Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien told Josh private emergency accommodation is needed to support families and homeless people.
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