“That is madness,” says Louisa Santoro, CEO of the Mendicity Institution. “A single person is not a sufficient level of staff to run any homeless service.”
In light of social distancing, the RTB is expected to switch from holding adjudication hearings at which landlords and tenants can both be present, to assessing their cases as submitted on paper.
It’s unclear how much it would have cost to get consultants to do it instead, because none would have the knowledge or access that residents have, said a council spokesperson.
However, the CEO of an organisation representing companies that provide home care says its members “have sufficient supply of enhanced PPE at the moment”.
The students, academics and architects behind Open Heart City have researched and mapped the site – before pitching diverse ideas for how it could be developed.
In many homeless hostels and repurposed hotels around Dublin, homeless people have been given their own rooms to socially distance. Things can’t go back to the way they were, some say.
Most of the sculptures by Eilis O’Connell were inspired by the works of designer Eileen Gray. Once shown in France, now sat in Cork, they’re visitable – virtually – in Dublin.
Some said they were surprised with how sound their landlords had been, agreeing to reductions with no friction and great understanding. Others, though, described trickier negotiations.
The new-build student accommodation will be the best value within the college, and among the most affordable in Ireland, says Laura Beston, president of Trinity’s students’ union.
Many of those who sleep rough haven’t had anywhere to wash for weeks, says Louisa Santoro, CEO of the Mendicity Institution. This is in part because some can’t get into accommodation still either, she says.
