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Councillor Kieran McCarthy Says “No One Is Safe” After His Family Were Made Homeless
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by SEAMUS WHELEHAN
AN East Cork Coun- cillor who was made homeless over seven weeks ago, has said, Cork County Council need to do more for destitute families. Cllr Kieran Mccarthy
described the local au- thority as a “toothless ti- ger” when it came to its responsibility in protect- ing its citizens. “We have the legisla-
tion, we have the powers, but we have no will to en- force it.” The Independent Cllr
told Monday’s full sitting of Cork County Coun- cil his family have been homeless for the past sev- en weeks after falling foul of Irelands housing crisis. Cllr McCarthy, his wife
and two daughters have been living in emergency accommodation in Cobh since October. After being given the statutory 56 days’ notice
to quit their rental ac- commodation, the family found it difficult to find a place they could afford in the harbour town. “There are no houses
available, and the few that are for rent are at inflat- ed prices far beyond our range”, commented Cllr McCarthy. The McCarthy’s home-
less ordeal ended on Tues- day after they were given priority on the housing list due to their homeless status. “We’ve been on the housing list since 2012 as there are thousands of people on that list we were just happy to pay rent and wait. When we were given 56 days’ notice to quit I was lobbying every day but things didn’t start happening until the worse came to the worse” Cllr McCarthy tells the East Cork Journal. Cllr McCarthy made
his comments during a dis- cussion on the fallout from last month’s Prime Time
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Investigates programme on slum landlords. The programme fea-
tured Cobh man Leo Ow- ens who is a tenant in the same rental accommoda- tion in the town for almost 20 years. The accommodation
has no hot water, no cook- ing or washing facilities, is damp and toilets are blocked. Since the property was
taken over by a new land- lord last year it has fallen into further disrepair. Councillor Diarmuid O’Cadhla who brought the motion to full council told the executive, tougher action needs to be taken. Every resource must
be used to prosecute of- fending landlords and to enforce the law regarding minimum standards. Sinn Fein Cllr Des O’Grady said there is no action being taken be- cause the council don’t go after the landlords. He said the homeless persons unit in Cork are
now refusing to payment to the homeless, “because the Christmas rush is on, hotels don’t have the ac- commodation. We are going to have more and more homeless at Christ- mas.” Independent Cllr Mary
Linehan Foley said “as much as the enforcement has to happen private landlords need to pull up their socks, some don’t care anymore because they know if one person is dissatisfied and leaves, they have ten more wait- ing to get into the house.” Meanwhile Fine Gael
Cllr Sinead Shepard said many people in Cobh are feeling the sting of the housing crisis. She said she spent last
weekend with a young girl in Cobh with three children under 6 trying desperately to find ac- commodation because her landlady decided she was not willing to accept the authority’s Housing Assis- tance Payment.
eastcorkjournal An emotional Cllr
Shepard added the young lady “is now living in a lodge in Cobh off a hotel with three little girls who are worried is Santa going to know where they are going to be staying.” Earlier this year Cork
County Council reported that 97% of properties inspected failed to meet regulatory standards. Of 756 rental units
inspected, 733 failed be- cause they lacked proper fire safety or ventilation. In some cases, the ac- commodation had in- sufficient ventilation for open and solid fuel fires or lacked proper smoke alarms or fire blankets. Local authorities are
expected to review all its rental properties once every 4 years. Cork County Council
say they are only provid- ed with enough resources from government, to carry out inspections on 5% of privately rented proper- ties.
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