People seeking housing in Offaly are “doomed to failure
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15 May 2021
The threat of homelessness still hangs over a significant number of people. Cllr Peter Ormond said several people in Offaly narrowly missed being made homeless during the last couple of months. );
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People seeking housing in Offaly are “doomed” to failure because the system is stacked against them, stated a local politician this week.
Cllr John Leahy told the Tribune that he has massive sympathy for people in the 20 to 45 age bracket.
“The way the system is designed at the moment,” he pointed out, “the majority of people aged from 20 to 45 don t stand a chance of owning their own home and will have no option but to rent for the foreseeable future.”
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