Almost €17m Spent On Family Hubs In Dublin City
€16.8 million euro has been spent on renovating family hubs for homeless people in the Dublin City Council area alone.
The project involves renovating former commercial or public buildings to house homeless families, including a former Bargaintown warehouse in Coolock.
The figures have been released to the Irish Times under freedom of information, with the bill expected to rise as more hubs are renovated.
They have shared cooking and laundry facilities and are being used for emergency accommodation instead of hotels.
The most expensive project has been refurbishing a former Probation Service building in Crumlin at 2.7 million euro.
It comes as activists occupying a vacant rental property in Summerhill are served notice to quit.
The group says it plans to continue with their housing protest despite the injunction.