Waiting on the housing list in Ireland in 1994

andrew
Tue, 08 Feb 1994 11:38:18 +0000
Homelessness, Poverty, Housing, National, Newspaper, Analysis, Patricia McCarthy

THERE ARE 30,000 families on the housing waiting lists of the local authorities throughout the country at the moment. 3,500 households are waiting for housing in Dublin. The average wait for a local authority house in Dublin is now two years and rising. For single people ,there is virtually no chance of housing unless they are seriously ill and even then they will only be offered hard to let flats in the inner city.