Crosscare Director Conor Hickey said: “This is a real emergency situation. Continuing to put families into hotel accommodation, or worse, leaving them to fend for themselves, is just not acceptable. The modular housing being proposed is of a good standard and as a short-term measure we welcome it as an alternative to hotel accommodation.”
Noting it is a frightening possibility that families might be left for years in the modular homes, Hickey said “There must be a plan to ensure that the state’s investment in these type of units can be transferred to alternative uses, for example, student accommodation, which would continue to ease pressure on the housing market. Families must not be left indefinitely in this type of provision.” ##
(Image credit: iwcp.co.uk–proposed modular housing in the United Kingdom)
