Breaking point for homeless Newry family-of-five ‘trapped in one room’ at hotel for more than a week

Breaking point for homeless Newry family-of-five ‘trapped in one room’ at hotel for more than a week

A Newry healthcare worker says his partner and three young children are being forced to live in “distressing” cramped emergency accommodation at a local hotel as the family’s homelessness crisis enters a second week. The Daisy Hill Hospital frontline worker contacted Armagh I claiming the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE) is failing to provide safe and suitable accommodation, despite the family being awarded Full Duty Applicant (FDA) sta…