Father Peter McVerry was speaking at the launch of a new campaign, which is calling on the government to increase funding to reduce the housing shortage, with 43 thousand people currently on the waiting list in Dublin.
The campaign includes the Peter McVerry Trust, Women’s Aid, the Irish Travellers Movement, homeless agencies as well as TDs and local councillors.
Father Peter McVerry says there were 490 families living in emergency accommodation in May this year, which costs the government €30 million a year.
He says the current crisis is being felt hardest by families and they’re getting desperate.
