“We’re not in a homelessness crisis, we’re heading rapidly towards an absolute disaster.”
The head of a homeless charity has pleaded for political leaders to come together to address Northern Ireland’s housing crisis.
“We’re the largest homeless charity in Northern Ireland, and our services are absolutely stretched, demand is far outstripping supply.Mr Dennison attributed the situation to a myriad of issues, including poverty, the cost of living, rents becoming unaffordable, families becoming unable to sustain their mortgages, as well as family breakdowns escalating, domestic violence, mental health and addiction issues.
“We are not dealing with it, successive governments, successive housing policies have not grasped this issue. We are not building enough houses.” “You’re just lost, you don’t know what to do or where to go, you learn not to sleep at night because it’s so cold, you keep moving so you’re always tired,” he said.
“The cost-of-living crisis is putting a lot of people to the wall, cost of things is going up and up, money coming in is going down, I fear there is going to be a homelessness epidemic.”
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