Having to share rooms in homeless hostels is 'an insult to the dignity' of people, Father Peter McVerry has said. Many people do not feel safe in shared rooms, he added.
Having to share rooms in homeless hostels is"an insult to the dignity" of people, Father Peter McVerry has said.Fr McVerry explained how many homeless people often have to share a room with up to six others and sometimes they will be sharing with someone who is using drugs.
Speaking on RTÉ's This Week, he said he receives complaints daily from homeless people who say their property was stolen by someone in the room in the hostel. A quick solution, he said, would be if every local authority imitated what happened in Waterford where 60 properties were brought back into use.
The number of people in emergency accommodation nationwide surpassed 11,000 last month, the highest number ever recorded.
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