Mike Allen
@mikeallen1.bsky.social
Director of Advocacy, Focus Ireland
Focus Ireland’s recent report on spending on homelessness has many lessons about what has gone wrong and how can be fixed bit.ly/FoHExpend25
What does the expenditure on homelessness tell us about the our approach to tackling homelessness? - Focus Ireland
What does the expenditure on homelessness tell us about the our approach to tackling homelessness? Focus Ireland - Despite its technical title, the Focus on Homelessness report “Public Expenditure on...
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March 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Focus Ireland’s recent report on spending on homelessness has many lessons about what has gone wrong and how can be fixed bit.ly/FoHExpend25
Government proposals to limit the Tenant in Situ homeless prevention scheme will result in more people becoming homeless. Read my Focus Ireland blog on why the Minister should rethink his plans bit.ly/FIBlogTiS
Minister should rethink proposal to remove 'no fault eviction' safety net - Focus Ireland
Minister should rethink proposal to remove 'no fault eviction' safety net Focus Ireland - Minister for Housing, James Browne, has proposed changes to the‘Tenant in situ’ scheme which, while he present...
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March 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Government proposals to limit the Tenant in Situ homeless prevention scheme will result in more people becoming homeless. Read my Focus Ireland blog on why the Minister should rethink his plans bit.ly/FIBlogTiS
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🔴 Last chance to submit your abstract for the 19th European Research Conference on Homelessness!
The submission deadline is tomorrow, 15 March.
📃 Submit your abstract (max. 300 words) in English, including theoretical framing, research methods, and a short bio (max. 100 words).
🔗 bit.ly/4i3XDaL
The submission deadline is tomorrow, 15 March.
📃 Submit your abstract (max. 300 words) in English, including theoretical framing, research methods, and a short bio (max. 100 words).
🔗 bit.ly/4i3XDaL
March 14, 2025 at 10:47 AM
🔴 Last chance to submit your abstract for the 19th European Research Conference on Homelessness!
The submission deadline is tomorrow, 15 March.
📃 Submit your abstract (max. 300 words) in English, including theoretical framing, research methods, and a short bio (max. 100 words).
🔗 bit.ly/4i3XDaL
The submission deadline is tomorrow, 15 March.
📃 Submit your abstract (max. 300 words) in English, including theoretical framing, research methods, and a short bio (max. 100 words).
🔗 bit.ly/4i3XDaL
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As @labourpartyireland.bsky.social Party bring a Housing motion to the floor of the Dáil today, I featured in this RTÉ Morning Ireland piece about our efforts to tackle the housing crisis from the European Union.
February 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
As @labourpartyireland.bsky.social Party bring a Housing motion to the floor of the Dáil today, I featured in this RTÉ Morning Ireland piece about our efforts to tackle the housing crisis from the European Union.
A great opportunity to join the highly regarded Focus Ireland policy team. Check out this job at Focus Ireland: Policy Officer, Advocacy, Dublin
January 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
A great opportunity to join the highly regarded Focus Ireland policy team. Check out this job at Focus Ireland: Policy Officer, Advocacy, Dublin
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Michael D Higgins leads tributes to Michael Longley: ‘One of the greatest poets that Ireland has ever produced’
Michael D Higgins leads tributes to Michael Longley: ‘One of the greatest poets that Ireland has ever produced’
President and fellow writers celebrate the legacy of one of Ireland’s finest poets
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January 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Michael D Higgins leads tributes to Michael Longley: ‘One of the greatest poets that Ireland has ever produced’
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‼️The full video is now out!
FEANTSA, with the help of our members at Samusocial Belgium & their partners, produced a short documentary highlighting the urgent and growing issue of #homelessness among asylum seekers in Brussels.
🎬 You can watch it on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAIG...
FEANTSA, with the help of our members at Samusocial Belgium & their partners, produced a short documentary highlighting the urgent and growing issue of #homelessness among asylum seekers in Brussels.
🎬 You can watch it on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAIG...
FEANTSA Asylum Seekers and Homelessness in Brussels
YouTube video by FEANTSA
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January 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM
‼️The full video is now out!
FEANTSA, with the help of our members at Samusocial Belgium & their partners, produced a short documentary highlighting the urgent and growing issue of #homelessness among asylum seekers in Brussels.
🎬 You can watch it on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAIG...
FEANTSA, with the help of our members at Samusocial Belgium & their partners, produced a short documentary highlighting the urgent and growing issue of #homelessness among asylum seekers in Brussels.
🎬 You can watch it on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAIG...
Bit of confusion in @HMcEntee @news.rte.ie morning ireland interview re PfG housing goal. PfG says “300k new homes by end of 2030”. That’s 6 yrs not ‘lifetime of this government’ - average 50k/yr. “Ramping up to 60,000 a yr” won’t deliver that from current 30/35k pipeline.
January 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Bit of confusion in @HMcEntee @news.rte.ie morning ireland interview re PfG housing goal. PfG says “300k new homes by end of 2030”. That’s 6 yrs not ‘lifetime of this government’ - average 50k/yr. “Ramping up to 60,000 a yr” won’t deliver that from current 30/35k pipeline.
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For all those working on the EU Affordable Housing Plan:
Housing demand is not housing need!
Focusing on the first is likely to further the financialistion of housing...
Focusing on the latter is likely to reduce housing exclusion...
Housing demand is not housing need!
Focusing on the first is likely to further the financialistion of housing...
Focusing on the latter is likely to reduce housing exclusion...
January 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
For all those working on the EU Affordable Housing Plan:
Housing demand is not housing need!
Focusing on the first is likely to further the financialistion of housing...
Focusing on the latter is likely to reduce housing exclusion...
Housing demand is not housing need!
Focusing on the first is likely to further the financialistion of housing...
Focusing on the latter is likely to reduce housing exclusion...
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Homeless fathers ‘not seen as fathers’ by services, pushing them farther from children - report
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...
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Homeless fathers ‘not seen as fathers’ by services, pushing them farther from children - report
Many men categorised as ‘single adults without dependents’ are fathers may or may not share custody of children
www.irishtimes.com
January 6, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Homeless fathers ‘not seen as fathers’ by services, pushing them farther from children - report
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...
Delighted to have a guest post today in Dr Michael Byrne’s respected “The week in housing” blog. Have a look at the analysis of the homeless policies of the parties in the coalition talks bit.ly/coalitiontalks
Solving homelessness & the coalition talks
13/12/24
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December 13, 2024 at 12:49 PM
Delighted to have a guest post today in Dr Michael Byrne’s respected “The week in housing” blog. Have a look at the analysis of the homeless policies of the parties in the coalition talks bit.ly/coalitiontalks
Homeless at Christmas: Family and rough sleepers share struggles
December 11, 2024 at 10:20 PM
Homeless at Christmas: Family and rough sleepers share struggles
Heading out to @rteprimetime.bsky.social now to respond to an important report by Oona Smyth telling the stories of people facing homelessness this Christmas. As the parties negotiate a new Government programme, we are at a crossroads.
December 10, 2024 at 8:54 PM
Heading out to @rteprimetime.bsky.social now to respond to an important report by Oona Smyth telling the stories of people facing homelessness this Christmas. As the parties negotiate a new Government programme, we are at a crossroads.
November 26, 2024 at 8:08 PM