Decision follows lengthy discussions between Coalition leaders and Minister for Housing
Cabinet is also to examine other measures to accelerate and increase social housing delivery.
It is understood that while the moratorium will not be extended Mr O’Brien will seek agreement that a budgetary package for both tenants and landlords would be developed over the coming months. There was understood to be concern among senior Department of Housing officials that an extension to the ban would only be putting off the inevitable in terms of evictions resuming. There was also concern in the same department about another option – to have a recurring winter eviction ban of the kind that happens in France – as this could create an “eviction season” for the rest of the year.
Wayne Stanley, the executive director of homelessness charity Simon Communities, warned that allowing the ban to lapse would see homeless services “stretched beyond breaking point” within months.
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