Micheál Martin faces outrage over 'churn' label for evictions

Micheál Martin faces outrage over 'churn' label for evictions

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has sparked a massive opposition backlash after he used the phrase ‘churn’ to describe tenants who have been evicted from their homes. The Taoiseach used the phrase this week, three days before new record homeless figures of 17,308 – a 12.5 per cent increase in a year and 196 more than a month previously – were announced on Friday. There are now 11,851 adults and 5,457 children in overcrowded emergency accommodation acro…

Taoiseach says housing tenancies have increased despite rise in eviction notices and homelessness

TAOISEACH Micheál Martin, speaking in Limerick this past week, said that housing tenancies have increased despite concern at a rise in eviction notices and homelessness in the wake of new rules, introduced by Government on March 1, forcing landlords to provide six-year leases for tenants. The numbers of people in emergency accommodation nationally increased again last month to 17,308, according to the Department of Housing. Eviction notices rose…