Plans for Dublin rough sleeper hostel scrapped
A protest against a planned homeless facility in Dublin City Centre will go ahead tonight despite a decision to accommodate families in the building rather than rough sleepers.House, would now accommodate 30 family suites and be constituted as a hub, rather than the 150-bedrough sleeper facility that had been planned.
In a statement on Friday, the Peter McVerry trust said the premises would instead be used as a family hub. The original plan was to convert the building, which currently operates as a tourist hostel, into a 150-bed facility, to include cold weather beds for rough sleepers during the winter. Locals marched on the hostel following a community meeting earlier this month. Local businesses were also prepared to seek aThe McVerry trust said the new family hub will “contribute considerably to the plight of homeless families who need support to move towards housing.
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