Is regulation failing the most vulnerable tenants? Liz Kerrins
Social Policy Development Officer Society of St Vincent de Paul
National Office Threshold conference Generation Rent The Future of
the Private Rented Sector in Ireland 16 th June 2015, Royal Irish
Academy, Dublin
Slide 2
A short video of emergency B&B room -2 adults & 4
children living here for four months and no prospect of moving
Slide 3
The private rented sector as a pathway to homelessness
Slide 4
Emergency Accommodation? New 15 months Diverse families Feeding
babies Cooking and storing food deserts School Homework Family
relationships Child protection No security - outbid by a tourist,
Christmas, or moved to another B&B
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Slide 6
We need change Inevitability - live by the sword Whats the new
model? Housing options for low- & medium- incomes Rent
certainty & tenure security go hand- in-hand Better physical
conditions