No room at the refuge: Health Board subsidises B&B owners

joseph
Wed, 01 Feb 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Homelessness, Housing, National, Newspaper, Analysis, Patricia McCarthy

An Eastern Health Board report published in December 1994, shows a huge increase in the number of homeless people put up in Bed and Breakfast accommodation by the Health Board.
Five years ago, the homeless unit run by the Board in Dublin's Charles Street spent £25,000 on Bed and Breakfast accommodation. Last year they spent just under £300,000. Homeless people who cannot get into the hostels because they are full, are put up in Bed and Breakfasts by the health board.