Cork Councillor Calls for Prisoners to Lose Council Homes During Long Sentences

Cork Councillor Calls for Prisoners to Lose Council Homes During Long Sentences

Independent Journalism and Public Interest Reporting. A debate over whether Cork City Council should continue to hold social housing for people serving significant prison sentences has put the spotlight on a difficult question at the heart of Ireland’s housing shortage: when a tenant is temporarily unable to occupy a council home, should that home remain available to them or be reassigned This article was originally published by M10News. For ver…

Council should evict tenants if they are in prison, says FF councillor

Mr Shannon said he believed that prisoners were already accommodated and should not have two simultaneous homes paid for by the State.