More than 1,300 children have been prevented from going homeless in the first three months of this year after a housing charity intervened, figures reveal.
Threshold’s National Advocacy Manager Ann-Marie O’Reilly stated: “It is extremely worrying to see record levels of households requiring immense levels of support in their tenancies in the first quarter of this year, particularly while an eviction ban was in place. While two in three notices citing the requirement of the home for use by the landlord or relatives were found invalid by Threshold advisors.
“It is positive to see that the Government has put measures in place, such as expanding the ‘purchase with tenant in situ’ scheme to those eligible for cost-rental housing.
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