For years, asylum seekers given permission to remain in Ireland have struggled to secure private rental accommodation
‘I don’t have the strength for it’: single mothers are being told to leave direct provision with nowhere else to go
She started searching for a home as soon as she and her young son were granted permission to remain in Ireland in May 2022 and received approval for the Housing Assistance Payment . However, despite sending hundreds of emails to estate agents and landlords, Rachel heard almost nothing back. “Just coping with this lack of information is a huge challenge. The manager in my centre has no information either. When they find out, I’ll find out.”
In September 2022, the Department of Integration started sending out letters to single people or couples who have had status for more than nine months, and families who have had status for more than 18 months, requesting that they move to “alternative accommodation in the community” by a set date. Many of these women, including Rachel, have received no further information since the initial correspondence, and must continue their daily lives “with the threat of eviction hanging over them”, says ActionAid head of programmes Gráinne Kilcullen.
Ola Mustapha is holding off buying school uniforms for her three children because she doesn’t know if they will be asked to move from their direct provision centre in Co Mayo “today, tomorrow or next week”.
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