Dublin City Council have selected the five potential sites to provide emergency modular housing to ease the city’s homeless crisis.
The modular housing consists of prefabricated units and can be erected in a few days. According to a report, 22 units are to be available before the end of the year, with a further 128 being fast tracked in early 2016.
The proposed areas are; Poppintree in Ballymun, Mourne Road in Crumlin, Belcamp Avenue in Coolock, St Helena’s Drive in Finglas and Cherry Orchard in Ballyfermot
Independent Councillor for Dublin’s North Inner City Christy Burke says it is a temporary solution to a much more serious issue.
“They are a temporary measure for a serious situation and the long term effect has to be the building of long-term social housing.
“We went to visit them, I spent three hours visiting them, it gives families their dignity and their integrity.
“They might not be the best in the world but they will do so that we can get the building programme off the ground, up and running, and take people out of hotels and B&Bs,” he said.
The report states that the families in the units will be required to pay some sort of rent and that they will be assigned a support team to help them move into more permanent accommodation.
