Why are so many people homeless in Ireland? | The Stream
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- Last year, Glen Hansard - a renowned Irish singer-songwriter and Oscar winner - went onto his country's biggest television show and announced that he was deliberately breaking the law.
"We are involved in an act of civil disobedience," he told an applauding audience. That act was the occupation of a vacant government-owned building in the centre of the capital, Dublin. As Christmas approached, and the weather chilled, Hansard and a group of housing activists had decided they could no longer bear the sight of people sleeping on the streets.
They broke into the Apollo House office block and set about turning it into a homeless shelter. What they did caught the imagination in Ireland. People turned up at the building wanting to offer food and clothes, a mattress seller known locally as Mattress Mick provided bedding, and Hansard and other well-known musicians belted out protest songs from the roof.
Almost a year later, though, Hansard says things have deteriorated.
This month, it was reported that the number of homeless had passed 8,000 for the first time and almost 3,000 of that number were children. Housing charity Focus Ireland calls the figures staggering and says they must represent "a line in the sand" as campaigners pile pressure on the country's new 38-year-old prime minister - or Taoiseach - Leo Varadkar.
So how, a year after the #homesweethome protests sparked such an outpouring of sympathy and emotion, are there now more people homeless? Why does the one of the richest countries in the world have such a crisis? And what needs to be done to tackle it? Hansard, Erica Fleming and Noel Rock TD join The Stream to discuss.
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I'm glad this is being called out internationally - Ireland is a third world country - I believe 62 people died on the streets of Dublin during 2018 - it's a disgrace!
I'm from Dublin, Ireland, and this has been a problem for well over two hundred years. Look at adverts for vacant accommodation in any Irish News Paper, and you'll see, that each advert comes with no social welfare need apply. Or the rent is set so high that it would be almost possible to rent it, to begin with. It's a rich man's trick. Our politicians are given away our national resources while creating a *TAX* *HAVEN* for the *RICH*
There is a homelessness crisis in Ireland because government policy after the financial crash in 2008 was to re-inflate house prices.
The inevitable result of that was to restrict construction and new supply, with the knock-on effect on rents, homelessness, etc., that we have seen.
The homeless are NOT a priority for the Irish govt. Not for the govt and not for the minister of housing.
Pushing housing costs (house prices) is a political priority in Ireland. It pleases existing house owners, the banks, landowners and landlords, all of which are more important political constituencies than the homeless or young families struggling to buy or rent a home.
Well summarised. Its criminal, absolute criminal segregation and a form of genocide.
That's actually disgusting... I was recently offered a job in Dublin but I will not accept due to the high price of rent!! Dublin is becoming like London unfortunately, a place for the rich...
Hugh Sheehy thank you 🙏🏻
As an Irish person on the one hand I'm extremely embarrassed but on the other know its not the ordinary citizen's fault this is because of the inaction of bad government to better regulate the private rental market and surprise, surprise wouldn't you know a good number of those in power are landlords around the major cities of the country, significantly Dublin. Corruption, greed and power are the only words that best describe this nightmare.
It’s cuz of colored people
There's plenty accommodation for Ukrainians....charity begins at home ...well...not in Ireland...
Its the goberment and the bleeeks
Fancy seen you here son in the comments right next to my comment!! Ha! Ha! 😂🤣. Oh? and . I agree with you son completely!🙄😁😁😁😱
The cost of living in Dublin is insane.
Get out of Ireland, you don't belong here and you are contributing to more children homeless
@@andlidearmadta9680 ?
LGNEWS ..come back to me when you can speak proper English
@@andlidearmadta9680 Because you're not smart enough to understand, right?
LGNEWS ..I can decipher your point, you hold the same philosophy as that of a six year old child.
The Irish people are great helping other people outside Ireland but when it comes to Ireland no Outcry
It's ridiculous ...we're helping a people we know nothing about or have any ties with..but not out own....no...
Sounds like USA too!
It is not the Irish people it's our corrupt government 😢
Most of the people who are homeless are from working class backgrounds. Any job they had was most likely was a low paid or minimum wage job, and they never were able to save money.They just got paid enough to live from week to week without putting money in a bank account because the wages are poor and the rent for accommodation is so high.Then if they lose their job for some reason and fall behind on their rent they are in big trouble and face homelessness. Once your homeless it's very hard to find a job again. The huge rise in immigration into Ireland over the last twenty years has driven rents sky high and wages way down. The minimum wage is not in line with the cost of living in this country. People just cannot save money. At the end of the day it all just boils down to greed and it's always the working class who suffer the most because of that greed.
mikegan73 I Agree with what you have said but am confused as to why you say rents have increased due to mass immigration is it the demand for rented houses increased it? Why did it a effect the minimum wage. Interested to hear your response.
Wrong there is people from all backgrounds in homeless accommodation working class middle class and most definitely upper class. Addiction can happen to anyone more likely middle class that glass of wine every night can turn into a serious problem and before you know it they've lost everything. Educate yourself in reality not some statistics from a sociology book from the 90s One can only assume given you're ignorance and stereotyping. Indeed working class is a percentage but it's not the majority. Class isn't distinctive of character but rather circumstances. When people stereotype based on class it leads to the belief that people are almost deserving of their situations based on class. High cost of living, rising rents, low paid wages, unemployment, not enough housing,alcohol and drug addictions, mental health family problems these are more likely the reason why people are homeless and these are people from all walks of life age groups and social classes . How do I know you might ask well perhaps because I've seen it first hand.
Krivo ,ako radite a ne možete platiti smještaj kriva je politika
The huge rise of economic immigrants has led to this.
True, while 300,000 lazy Irish are on the dole
@@peterfitzgerald7734 Most of the economical immigrants are ALSO on the dole...so it does not get any better importing more....
Can you guys do a documentary about why Qatar has so many slave laborers building their infrastructure?
are you one of them?!
@Metaphix11b Fair question ^_^
You make a valid point there Metaphix but, at the end of the day, Al Jazeera does a lot of good and balanced journalism and covers a huge swath of the planet compared to many mainstream media organizations that ignore the smaller stories that don’t sell ads. Besides, would you rather leave it to the Saudis to provide the narrative?
All eroupe still does that
Me and my family was threatened with homelessness over Easter this year. Council wouldn't help they said we not been on list long enough to be offered a home . We have now found a private rent but are still worried as we can't afford the rent and are waiting in hap. Me and my husband lost our jobs due to being homeless and had to make sure our 2 boys were ok and safe. The housing crisis is ridiculous here in Ireland.
Dont have any more kids and get jobs
@@peterfitzgerald7734 that's not your business
@@carmelrelihan15odgovorno roditeljstvo podrazumijeva da imate jedno ili nijedno dijete ako nemate posao koji dugoročno može platiti troškove njihovog života ,od rođenja do dvadesete godine jedno dijete treba minimalno 100 000 eura i točka ,u troškove ulaze i njihovi roditelji znači još toliko ,nemojte imati djecu ako nemate novca jer djeca nisu zaslužila da žive u siromaštvu ,djeca nisu pravo oni su obaveza ,samo zato što netko može roditi ne znači da može brinuti ,a naravno da svatko djetetu želi omogučiti najbolje i najviše tako da ako nemate za sebe nemate niti za dijete ,a i ljudi nisu što su nekad bili ,zlonamjerni su ,bezobrazni ,dvolični ,agresivni itd
Sounds very similar to the homelessness situation in NZ. There are 24,000 homeless in Auckland.
Andrew Lim
Thanks to Chinese and Indian immigration.
I agree Andrew in NZ it's about affordability and wages have been out striped over the years, allowing oversea's people and returning kiwi's with money to buy it up which looks cheap globally. Also services like Air BNB taking up spare rooms because in tourist towns people can make more money to pay for those large mortagages taken out on increasing property prices. We moved out of Auckland and live now in New Plymouth lovely house at a under half of AKL no mortgage so we don't have to earn so much, have a way better standard of living now. Also able to buy another home and rent out for future income in retirement if we get their.
Interesting when I last checked there are more than 11,000 for sale in AKL and over 38,000 in NZ, we have plenty of space but city thinking is crazy! Trouble with AKL infrastructure is seriously lagging behind its growing population so is only going to get worse. Crazy times we living!
Blaming immigration is morally and logically lazy. Decades of poor planning and infrastructure developments under both National and Labour governments and incompetent local government are at fault here. I remember reading about Auckland's growth issues in the 1980s, so it was a time bomb even then.
Emma Bos
What about the eroupean immigrants
We've passed the 10,000 mark now. Our government suffers from a mix of incompetence and being ideologically opposed to building homes for poor people. Having said that its not possible to give everyone a home and our welfare system is far too over-inflated.
Easy to blame the Government instead of the druggies and single mothers having kids they cannot afford, isn't it
@@peterfitzgerald7734 svaka vlada može i mora moči upravljati problemima ,zato postoji i prima plaču u.nekim državama .
billions of dollars for foreigners. none for the irish themself..
One of the richest country's in the world .A few years ago they were up to their ears in debt
Ian Muir Ireland still has €200 billion debt for a population of 4 million people. Greece has €330 billion with 3 times the population. Ireland is up sh*t Creek without a paddle & is being asset stripped by foreign vulture capitalists. The EU has managed to spin great PR about the Irish "recovery" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
All BS The balance sheets of the banks and Govt say so , but on the street ain't worth a piss.
The official country rankings place Ireland as one of the wealthiest countries in the world, a lot wealthier than the UK which is not in a good place financially. The UK even had its credit rating reduced by Moodys and also by Fitch. Ireland recovered quickly from the financial crisis by exporting her way out of recession and now has an enormous trade surplus. The UK on the other hand has a trade deficit for decades which means it imports way more than it exports. Just Google "countries ranked by wealth" to see that Ireland is in the top ten wealthiest countries while the UK is only in 26th place. The UK also has the highest domestic debt per household in the world. I am French and work in Dublin so I'm pretty neutral but I notice some British commenters using fake facts about Ireland so I guess people should research it for themselves to find the truth. I guess the British commenters may be jealous that a small country which broke away is doing a lot better than them. I'm not certain but perhaps this is the reason. Kind of funny to read their jealous comments though.
@flip inheck As an economist in London, you're above statement is completely without merit. Irl has one the highest GDPs in Europe. It's main industries are pharmaceuticals and agriculture, construction, technology. They exported themselves out of recession. They have some systemic problems that need to be addressed. They need to invest heavily in infrastructure. They need to build public housing. The current problems are exacerbated by air b&b, lack of public housing being built, spiralling rents, real estate from multinationals and a lack regulation in the rental market. Similar problems in London with spiralling rents pushed up by foreign investment.
They also have one of the lowest debts in Europe, some 13% below the EU average with Austria, France, UK, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Portugal etc..all higher.
@flip inheck
Here are the figures and the facts, not sure where you get your information
tradingeconomics.com/country-list/government-debt-to-gdp
Let's look at Greece, domestic debt as a percentage of GDP is the highest in Europe at 178%, France 97%, UK 85.30%, Ireland
68%. It is 13% below European average
statisticstimes.com/economy/european-countries-by-gdp-per-capita.php
Ireland is the 4th highest in Europe, France 14th and UK 15th.
I was homeless myself an my and many,many people see it like this, their are a lot of comfee jobs at risk in the council and other areas.their will always be homeless people, Ireland also must stop taking migrants
The Irish government north and South need to house their own people before they take in 20,000 Afghans.
Maybe because the Irish government aren't fascists like you.
Agree 👍 and I'm from USA
Where's Bono at times like this
Bono is a useless egotistical arsehole who couldnt care less about the homeless.
Bono is with his accountant sorting out how to avoid paying taxes for the homeless .
,he know-fore shirehe have much to say,where all the money go.But ,he must kow now,they bastadevene-politikk lye for the hoel word,All,they money ,some could help ,take they,but first ,before the word send money,so was the dening from FN?
everbody do some FN SAY,MY MEANING, FORREDERE,NOONE SAY FROM,POLIYIKERE ALL,WE HAVE DENOKRATI.fUNDAMENTET ,SPEAK OUT.
but,bono trye.The first human,Must God bless him,fore ever fore he trye.
Mattress Mick
the man, the myth, the legend
He has made a fortune selling his mattresses. Everyone laughed at him at the start but now he is the biggest bedding and mattress seller throughout Ireland and even sells in the UK and Europe now. I guess he proved everyone wrong. He's a smart guy.
😂😂😂
A Living Legend. And reasonable, but the face only a mother could love.
This CZcams clip about homeless in Ireland was done six years ago things have gone from bad to worst last year 70 homeless people died on the streets of Ireland the house prices have gone up too much in Ireland which is pushed the rents up in Ireland and not enough social housing in Ireland and on top of all of this the European Union has allowed too many people to come and claim asylum in Ireland I find it hard to understand that the asylum seekers are going into bed and breakfast and the local people that are homeless are just left on the streets looking at the asylum seekers coming in and out of very nice hotels from what I understand no asylum seekers died last year in Ireland because they was cold or hungry..
Overwhelming immigration is the problem! And I am not referring to temporary refugees either. But those from much further afield. The large NGOs are much at fault for promoting immigration. And Ireland is now a woke dictatorship
Build also more affordable private units for 1-2 people. couples who don't want to have kids. there many single people looking for homes too. it's difficult to save when payiing high rents to landlords. some get lucky to own their own homes, many others not so lucky. heart breaking too see so many without a home living on streets and hostels
Importing thousands of their world citzens and have to take another 40,000 by 2020 they hardly work get free stuff does that sound like sound financial policy .it wouldn't work for a larger economy so as someone already commented soon to be up shit creek without a paddle or if you like up shit creek without a pot to piss in .
Update: Noel Rock is now a Lobbyist for property developers and homelessness has increased 50% since this report was made.
I'm a survivor of the children's homes I've been waiting for housing for 28years I'm 44 and also autistic no support oh yeah I'm not polish
If an individual finds himself homeless in Ireland, his situation is viewed by Irish society as moral failure on his part regardless of circumstances. All political parties will state that homeless individuals in Ireland are the following:
- Alcoholics
- Junkies
- Mental defectives
- Criminals
Furthermore, homeless shelter workers (mostly middle-class Irish) have nothing but contempt for those who are forced to enter emergency accommodation. No social housing is built in Ireland so unless homeless individuals have job skills to raise funds to escape their plight, they'll be left to rot in homeless shelters for decades. Ireland is full of charities set up not for the benefit of homeless individuals but to created employment for thousands of middle-class Irish on large salaries. These so-called charity workers sit around all day discussing their holidays, hair, nails, and whomever they're sleeping with while drug taking, dealing and interpersonal violence happens around them. The Irish social institutions are happy with the arrangement as An Garda Siochana collect intelligence on all homeless shelter individuals.
Why? Because there are tens of thousand charity and dogooder jobs depending on them being homeless and drugged and alcoholic and mentally ill.
Immigrants are not homeless
it cost,s us 42 thousand a year to take in migrants, our young are going overseas to look for work and our president is going around playing goody two shoes letting more and more migrants in every week.pubs and churchs are closeing down as muslims don,t like them .RTE put a question to a migrant what did he think of Ireland and how long he has been here,.... his reply was I like Ireland the people are ok but i will like it more when it was all muslim this guy had been in Ireland 6 years not working on the dole..why is he still here and why are they still giving him money and paying his rent....
Greedy landlords somethings never change saw 20 years ago when i lived in Dublin thank God i got out
Sicking to see 90000 on the housing list and fuck all property's been built
Concentration of the wealth.
Housing should never be profit seeking business.
Think lodging as a utility such as water supply and electricity.
Can you imagine if the water supply becomes profit seeking business and of course, monopoly by nature? $100.- a gallon?
allgoo19 the government are trying to do that in Ireland at the moment believe it or not.
...mirrors America
and many western cities in the world sadly. Services like Air BNB have not help in tourist locations selling every space for money to pay for those crazy mortgages taken out on over inflated house prices. This bubble is going to crash very soon!
America Number 1
@ Michael Halligan... I guess that's why two men died on the streets of Dublin last night.
Why does somebody always have to throw in comments like, "Just like America" or "America is way worse" with videos like this. It never fails because people always enjoy ripping the country apart.
And us the Irish peoples let it happen
38,000 Ukrainians in Ireland...yet no place for our homeless looking after a people we either know or have any ties with...goes to show what Ireland has turned into...and shows that there was never any shortage of accommodation in the first place...
See above post.
Omg! That's crazy high amount of immigrants..NY is complaining because of a 6,000 or so. Yes our States need to Stop putting our Tax money where WE Dont want it to go
It's now over 10,000 would you believe.....
What’s sad and crazy at the same time The number has even risen too more homeless people now, 710,000 people living in Poverty it or just above the poverty line... sad times for our nation hopefully the general Election on the 8th will get rid of FF & FG and bring in PBP & SF.... Wish us luck 🇮🇪
I wanted to do the same with our Scientology buildings in the cities, they hire buildings and keep them empty here. And leave people on the street.
In the Philippines, there are 3.1 million homeless individuals.
Awe that’s so sad 😭
Wow! Did not know that
I live in America and I have been homeless for 14 years and still am force to rent never been able to own my own home
This time greed is not good. They are doing lots of building in the business sector because that land is being sold at an inflated amount. Rents will go up as long as they find renters and with no housing, they will. SO reduce all rents by 8% then freeze them, Subdivise housing starts and raise all fees on nonessential commercial building starts. Examine your homeless they are not all the same, drugs, misfortune, handicapped and mental, You can't help them if you don't know them. And lastly, without regard, put a freeze on immigration. If you don't the tourist will slowly stop coming.
Why are they cutting people off? In our country too..what are they doing to people?
What’s the reasoning and are they thinking ?
Refugees!
Chính phủ nên xây dụng môt shelter mới với giường tầng để chứa tất cả những người này
The problem is the rich and greedy
Hi everyone, what is the stance of average Irish people towards skilled and educated (white, east european) workers coming to live, work and invest in Ireland? I should be coming for internship this summer and this stuff is pretty concerning.
I must admit I was surprised in how Irland as become a crisis and to my confusion how as it got to this point. My question is also have the EU had any impact and helped Irland out to cushion the crises?
Us Irish got billions of the EU for decades to pay our farmers and social welfare payments, now the EU will make us pay, you should see some of the dirt coming in, some great people but some dirt as well
Rent is hight because of greed cut the rent by 500 a month and bring up the rent supplement
Can people over ride the government and called a state of emergency in the Homeless situation
This video is about IRISH homelessness. Why is everyone talking about homelessness in New Zealand for god sake ?
To many foreigners in ireland
In Dublin yesterday and 80% were non Irish.
We need breeding out, we are too backward
@@kennethkilleen8758 Great isn't it
Homelessness in the world is getting worst by the day a am d its due to high rent. This is a sign the world is coming to an end. Governments and greed are responsible for this problem .
No it's not, the drug users and single mothers make up 99% of homeless in Ireland, how about stop taking drugs and stop having babies you cannot afford.
Landlords allowed to up rent at will and bailed out developers allowed to landbank devolopment land.
There should be rent control
It's because of the greedy bankers
They don't throw money down the drain, they throw it into each others accounts it's a con job and it so obvious
God I despair. We have the most inept politicians who seem to allow the civil servants to drift along on 'non-policy'. We used to be better than this.On a side note, I love the down to earth vibe of Glens kitchen and the lyons tea up on the shelf!!
Too many migrants
When will it ever come to some kind of conclusion.??? For these humans. 💔💔💔🙏
For many reasons, can't afford to rent a flat with their social money or the landlord won't accept them, or family issues or drugs and alcohol, coming out of childcare or prison and having nowhere to go or no family support! These issues are the same with the homeless in America and most countries! It different for everyone and in order to help them they have to treat each case seperatly!
Is it anything to do with immigration forced on Ireland by the EU
oh don't you know it!
sssh don't be racist
jk, fuck the eu.
long live europa
No actually it's not. For years, people abused the system to get free places to stay in. I know people that where put out on the street, just because it was easier to be homeless for a while, than working your ass off to buy a house. I know drug addicts and ex drug addicts, who have abused the system and got free houses. So maybe if the Irish people didn't abuse it wouldn't be so strict now for the Irish people. The greedy Irish put the needy Irish in this situation. (When I say free house I mean, they get a free places to stay in, with rent allowance. Along with weekly payments.)
If you mean upper middle class immigrants working for giant corporations that have practically bought Dublin, then yes.
because the EU has fucked the country.
So many homeless Irish. But illegal migrant from foreign countries are given shelter. This is disgraceful.
One should mention that 80% of the Homeless are not lrish,this is a very important point,the lrish are ok,we are safe and doing very well. One silver lining to Covid,it has massively reduced homelessness,many of the homeless were East European and a lot of them have flown home to be safe and happy with their families,l used to give money to Pawel on my way to work most mornings,when l saw him in March he said he was going back home as the commuters had disappeared from the City Centre and he could'nt make any money from begging,his income dried up as many people have stopped carrying coins or just have'nt been in the City Centre since then. I used to be asked for money maybe 20 times a day as l walked through Dublin,now it is very rare so Homelessness is a problem that seems to have disappeared since Covid. Thank God.
We're in recovery. But the party of this Noel guy has just stated that the banks that had to be bailed out, that led to an Ireland under extreme austerity, don't have to pay taxes for the coming 20 years. We have companies like Apple that owe Ireland a sum of tax money, that we could solve 20 homeless crises with, but no... we're in recovery. This is a person speaking from a political party that has led Ireland into austerity and continues to serve the wealthy. This homeless crisis, and great that they're talking about the hidden homeless, has been going on for years, it's not like it sprouted up.
because the irish use the rooms for B&B .
Sounds like a lot of so-called adults begging the nanny state that they despise to house them what a confused bunch gone are the days when you sacrificed and saved for a downpayment now everyone has their paw out the sense of entitlement is shameless.
What's your solution?
Let me guess, you're an out of touch baby boomer who bought their house for 50k.
Questions-
1. I want to embark on farming. With his restructuring, can i acquire farmland in zambisa and practise without molestation as one country?
2. I this his personal opinion, elites club opinion ,or opinion of ordinary masses who own as much share in the nation like him?
3. Have his masters from the north accepted this or is he starting his negotiation from his lowest price?
It's simply all down to capitalism the whole idea of capitalism is for the Few to screw every penny they can out of the many,
And it's foreigners
Welcome 2 the Glen hansard show .
work it out the Muslims start having children from aged 13 and continue until 50 years of age. The Irish have 4 to five children in their lives, what do you think the answer is. You will have so many shortages of all kinds. it's your choice.
Live together with family it will solve a problem to great extent.
Kamil Tisekar Not everyone has a family.
I'm in USA and my son's 27 and 29 are at home...it's too crazy and expensive. I'm very blessed to own my home and cost is very cheap. I work part time. My youngest is a college man. Oldest was a Survival tech for airplanes. We are italianos and Love them being here
Simple supply & demand, TD Jennifer Carroll MacNiells husband is on board of gold man sachs do u really think they want affordable housing & rent? Most Fine Gael TDs are landlords themselves
yea there is homeless people in Ireland. like the rest of the world. what ireland does or does not do ,has nothing to do with the muslim world. none of your business
faith in humanity out of scope
Homeless are everywhere in the world , it doesn't matter whether the country are rich or poor , it is the mindset of the people itself that make the homeless growing everywhere , the margins are clear , richest are richest, poorest still poorest
You re right
if they arent rented/occupied people just strip em out beat all the windows out only value left be the dirt under them so why not drop the rent and solve multiple issues the real issues are being ignored but the faster we accept that it isnt gonna fix from the top it will only fix from the bottom the faster we can change it i saw a doc. and in chicago or detroit the people set up a community dinner table in the alley and as a family/community they broke bread together and the place looked like a bomb was dropped on it and they turned the crator into a garden and they are decades farther in experience with the real deal our nation is in and whats required to pick up whats left n carry on buildings dont make a home their called houses homes are where your from your people are liveing n buried treasured memories where created friendships formed n if i live in a house or not determines weather you like or hate me i didnt need you yrsterday or today n doubt tommorrow either but when you land n you will be landing here too remeber to thank god i aint a hater like you you in your slave based cotton store/check nevr enough deluded happy asses wth a 40 year mortgage youll never see to fruition n retirement youll not live to collect every cent you make owned before its made you make me sick like cattle hangin from a hook telling the other cows come on in waters good see look now wham your on a hook easier than hitlers run n proven on its own bpeople as to effacacy and implementation as any native american can attest n verify is still being employed to this very day and this is why i say we need to come together n break bread n set asside all the trifflin ass bs and unite as one family one comunity neither rich or poor should determine allowance in the door vagabond or slave is all we all really are n before you judge me i worked 30 yrs lost it all to the same thieves that are waitin on you to be sucked dry so save your breath n time tryin to tell me how fucked up i got it if thats what you think then your too far gone to help any way but i will save ya a seat so ya can join us to eat down here in the street cause a home is where your heart is not some building you sleep in
WE KICKED OUT THE ENGLISH LANDLORDS BUT NOW ITS OUR OWN THAT ARE JUST AS BAD
it's amazing how
This is what will happen if Scotland go independence. If there is an indyref2 vote no!
mashaallah best chanel al jazeera..Allah may bless u and protect ur channel and the countries who supoort u...amen..such a sweet reporter the women is..mashaallah
Why is there not any landlord - tenant legislation that limits rent increases?
annie h because then places are left to become rundown and slums. The market gives incentive to keep places in good order. That's where social housing comes in. Government owns and rents flats, but no need to make a profit.
So if its not profitable the government aren't bothered, basically.
The politicians aren't very motivated to regulate the market strongly because.... a significant amount of them are landlords... go figure
yep
True...they need rent control as it is in USA states but Also they need to extend it to a broader base of Individual land lords
Why is aljazeera funded for 788-790 finchley road London.
homelessness seems to be a problem world wide , to many people on the planet
Where the streets have no gnomes
They're EU citizens, gotta be greener pastures somewhere....
I live in Irland don't talk about Irland
12:45 well that's not exactly true i mean some of them will die eventually right so... the numbers will come down ....
Why is Ireland depending on the government so much? Actually why are Europeans depended on them. I wouldn't want to be in a mindset where I want the government to take care of me because they're fail you everytime. Espicially European runner systems and policy.
Self Made SM says:
"Why is Ireland depending on the government so much? Actually why are Europeans depended on them..."
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How many homeless strangers stay in your house?
If the government ensures there is an even playing field in the first place then less people would be put in the position of relying on government housing. When you have rich and greedy people buying up realestate and then charging outrageous amounts for rent of course it is going to cause huge problems of homelessness. Maybe you should stop blaming the victims of the corrupted Irish government and instead focus on bringing these authorities into account for allowing this situation to get so bad.
Actually I have don't speak on what you do not know. I don't live in Europe I live in the US and based off of history of Europe Europeans has always been serfs to the Elite whither it's the church, king or queen which clearly isn't working. Ya need a evolution to these elites based off ya policies. In turn ya'll can actually have a continent that is truly for the people and not just for ya elites. I was asking a mere question and was hopefully was to receive answers instead of receiving condescending answers
I love how you characterize me based off my user name and then proceed to make judgements based off of my curiosity as to why Europe repeat the same mistakes over the centuries of depending on an ever corporatist government. Is this an attempt to be a psychologist online? I should ask you and an all increasing mob mentality. Lastly I do have empathy but a part of empathy is knowing the root cause of the problem and correcting it. Lastly don't try to make assumptions on things you don't know about. Espicially online to strangers. Psychopaths are people who will use charming, gaslighting, double speak and manipulation get what they want. They also seek power to do these things; which means you should be looking at your own government, and official instead of strangers online who have different opinion, and just wanted to know answers.
Since you clearly need to have a refresher remedial topics on what a psychopath is since you clearly are missing by questioning random strangers. A good book would be Labyrinth of a Psychopath by Thomas Sheridan one of your fellow citizens from Ireland. Support him by buying and reading his book instead of spouting on topics you do not know.
Its all Britain's fault of course , Oliver Cromwell had something to do with it , a shortage of potatoes didn't help a while ago , but isn't it wonderful to see the Spuds having no one to blame but themselves , now why don't they hold the Authorities to account like they like to in their history with the Bits , who is responsible and who should be hanged ?
Empty homes ?
Because capitalism.
Because they don't have a house ?
RussiaNukesAmerica3 I never thought of that, thank you for ending homelessness
Dan Ming evidence of homelessness
This is long man
#PotatoesforHouses
#PotatoLYF
Go over to America and see how homeless there
No normal person is homeless in America almost all of them on drugs
@@rayosullivan4398 we are a small island- you can’t compare America to Ireland- no need for anyone to be homeless in Ireland- but we are ! The vile corrupt government here are doing a great job at it !
My apologies Ray - I tagged you instead of Thomas -
@@dawnburke2756 no problem thanks
MEANWHILE BONO , is
made in ireland
IRA
And it has only got worse
Because they just got independence from Britain. #Period
Because theres not enough caravans for sale