Home Truths

A page for people to anonymously tell their stories about housing in Ireland.

[Home Truths @HomeTruthsIre]

"You must look people in the eye and say ‘no bed available’ tonight.
You think ‘how does that person feel?"
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[Home Truths @HomeTruthsIre]

We took a short break. But we're still here. Still happy to hear from anyone with a story to tell about their experiences with housing or homelessness in Ireland. Totally anonymous. Get in touch via DM, via [email protected] or via Facebook message https://t.co/aA6IVBpJ3U

[Home Truths @HomeTruthsIre]

"myself and my partner slept in a van while my kids were split up staying with different family members. We did this every night for three months."
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[Home Truths @HomeTruthsIre]

"I'm a full time student and a part time worker. I've been living in a hostel, the same hostel for 3 years."
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[Home Truths @HomeTruthsIre]

"Whatever about the deposit, how can landlords ask for the first month up front when they have already agreed with the HAP system where the rent is paid on the 3rd week of the month?"
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[Home Truths @HomeTruthsIre]

"One morning after I dropped my kids to school, my car was seized by the Gardai for no tax. I cried, pleaded and showed the Gardai my children’s belongings in the boot and told them we were homeless."
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[Home Truths @HomeTruthsIre]

"Since I had the baby in May, I have been told by my landlord that the rent is going up. I’m struggling to pay it as it is."
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[Home Truths @HomeTruthsIre]

"I’m a disabled woman and I’m stuck living with an aggressive and violent family member due to the housing crisis."
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[Home Truths @HomeTruthsIre]

I see a lot of hate on social media about homeless families from people who say well you shouldn't have had kids and so on.... Those people are the reason I never shared my story."
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[Home Truths @HomeTruthsIre]

"Two years ago I received a letter from the bank telling me that my privately rented home of six years had been repossessed and I was being given notice."
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[Home Truths @HomeTruthsIre]

"We moved back home to different relatives houses as we couldn't afford increasing rent prices and are not eligible for HAP as we both work"
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[Home Truths @HomeTruthsIre]

"There were reused duvet covers, and the bed was covered in blood and burn holes. There was mould on the shower curtains. Some showers don't even have curtains, you're left exposed to everyone. There were no toilet seats, and blood left on the toilets." https://t.co/ljWI7398AQ

[Home Truths @HomeTruthsIre]

"They tried to separate the 3 of us as I was classed as an adult and they said I should be put in a men’s shelter. The only thing that allowed us to stay together was my Mam's illness." https://t.co/oDw49hGKfo

[Home Truths @HomeTruthsIre]

"they informed me (with less than a month to spare) that they had been using the extra income from me staying in the room (which it was revealed had previously been their walk-in wardrobe) to finance them purchasing a house together."
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[Home Truths @HomeTruthsIre]

"It breaks my heart to see my children to have their room inspected by a strange man every month, checking in wardrobes and all."
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[Home Truths @HomeTruthsIre]

"My landlord sold the house. I was three months pregnant. He threatened to break the windows if we didn’t leave."
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[Home Truths @HomeTruthsIre]

"I was told to switch to HAP as rent allowance was to cease. My friend, the landlord, wouldn't sign up to it and so I've been desperately stuck ever since."
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[Home Truths @HomeTruthsIre]

"After 2 months living in a hotel, we ended up finding a HAP house. But here we are after 5 months in that HAP house, about to be homeless again."
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[Home Truths @HomeTruthsIre]

"Two days ago, the shower started to leak through the ceiling again. I’m afraid they will decide the house needs “extensive renovations” and evict us."
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[Dublin Central Housing Action @D_C_H_A]

One of the aims of Home Truths is to document the full extent of how the crisis affects people; from homelessness to illegal eviction to massive rent hikes to poor housing conditions, & everything in between. Every story is valid and deserves to be heard.

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