Ireland’s hidden homeless crisis: my life in a hotel room

Nuala and her teenage daughter, Laura, were suddenly evicted from their Dublin home when their landlord of 10 years was forced to sell by his creditors. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://is.gd/subscribeguardian With Dublin and Ireland grappling with a housing crisis, they haven’t been able to find a new place to rent. Despite having been on the council house waiting list for more than six years they are still only around 600th in line. Now, like almost 10,000 other people and 1,700 families across Ireland, Nuala and Laura are homeless. Phoebe Greenwood went to Dublin to meet them and look into Ireland’s hidden homelessness epidemic. Today in Focus podcast ► https://www.theguardian.com/news/seri... Support the Guardian ► https://theguardian.com/supportus Sign up for the Guardian documentaries newsletter ► https://www.theguardian.com/info/2016... The Guardian ► https://www.theguardian.com The Guardian YouTube network: Guardian News ► http://is.gd/guardianwires Guardian Football ► http://is.gd/guardianfootball Guardian Sport ► http://bit.ly/GDNsport Guardian Culture ► http://is.gd/guardianculture #hiddenhomeless #homeless #homelessness #ireland