Homelessness on the rise (over 130 more children) - Mod Warning Post #392

We need to tackle the use of social welfare as a career... All the scroungers are actually taking homes away from people who genuinely need them. They are a large reason for the lack of suitable homes for young home buyers and the huge cost to buy. There are just too many people who take but don't give back. It's time to stop blaming the middle earners and stop pandering to the 'poor me' class... It may not be PC, but it's fact.

We need to assist those that need it, and develop a system that rewards financial independence.

Amirani wrote: »

The multitudes of people who work for housing charities directly benefit from the homelessness industry. The 4 largest homeless charities in Dublin have over 900 employees, with a payroll of about €90million per year.

There are over 70 homeless charities operating in Ireland. There's a lot of money being paid out to people working in these.

Here's Peter McVerry Trust accounts from 2017 (check out notes on page 23): https://www.pmvtrust.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Approved-and-Signed-PMVT-Audited-Accounts-for-2017-Excluding-income-and-expenditure.pdf

Let's not forget they do actually provide a service. A 24 hour, 7 day week, 365 day per year service in most cases. In fact a service that the government would have to provide if these charities didn't provide said service. The government obviously feels the charities are doing a better job than it ever could & at a lower price. At the rate the government is squandering our money on the childrens hospital I would expect FG to provide the same service as the charities with 1800 staff & a cost of €180 million :mad:

Squatter wrote: »

The "root cause" is that demand exceeds supply.

And the root cause of this is government policy. Or lack off

Amirani wrote: »

I was surprised to read that alright. That's an extremely high rate considering the proportion of the total population that comes from outside the EU. It's something that merits talking about in order to come to some sort of solution.

Is there anyone or organization out ther that is willing to go public and analyze the makeup of the number of homeless for us. The vast majority making comment on the issue have, as they say, s ‘skin in the game’ /a hidden agenda.
Ireland , compared to EUROPEAN countries, including uK , has the reputation of having a fairly generous welfare schemes. Is this adding to the figures.?
What %. Of the. Homeless actually have accommodation but chose not to avail of it and declare being homeless so as to increase their chances of getting accommodation provided by county councils or whoever.
What % have been offered accommodation but have turned it down?
What percentage of those who had. A. Mortgage but did not meaningfully engage with their bank and those who could pay their mortgage but decided not to in the hope that it would be cancelled/. Massively reduced
How objective was the recent report on the families, and especially the children, staying in the family hub situations. Did the families to be interviewed getadvanced notice of same and were the children ‘primed ‘ beforehand as to wat to say. ? If you ask a typical employee if they are being paid enough , how many do you think will say ‘Yes , I am’. I would say very few.

Maybe RTÉ might go ‘undercover’ like it did with the nursing home sector.
With the fine weather at the moment , and for a few weeks now. , I would expect the. Rough sleeping number to increase. But RTE reported it this morn as a sort of breaking news! Will it report a drop in numbers come the onset of a cold weather snap

I assume RTE only reports on elements of the homeless situation that makes the most shocking news and will declineto report on. Anything. That counteract that. Hence it’s propensity to make news based on individual cases