Comment: Dublin unfair city shame.THERE'S no place like home - especially if you haven't got one. The housing crisis in Dublin is now forcing families to live a hand to mouth existence, literally one day at a time One Day at a Time is a long-running American situation comedy that portrayed a divorced mother, played by Bonnie Franklin, her two teenage daughters (Mackenzie Phillips and Valerie Bertinelli) and their building superintendent (Pat Harrington, Jr.). , in bed and breakfast accommodation. The prospect of families trying to raise children in one room with no hope of improvement is totally inhuman in·hu·man adj. 1. a. Lacking kindness, pity, or compassion; cruel. See Synonyms at cruel. b. Deficient in emotional warmth; cold. 2. . A corporation waiting list offers them no hope. Renting from a private source is out of their reach. We are creating a class of people who are homeless through no fault of their own. These are not problem families who can't live with neighbours This article is about an Australian soap opera. For other articles with similar names, see Neighbours (disambiguation). Neighbours is a long-running Australian soap opera, which began its run in March 1985. . And yet in a capital city famed for its hospitality there's no room for these families. It's no solution to send them out into the provinces. The city is their home and their place of work. In any other location they would be simply refugees Individuals who leave their native country for social, political, or religious reasons, or who are forced to leave as a result of any type of disaster, including war, political upheaval, and famine. in their own land. They would be displaced persons displaced person: see refugee. forced on the move by so-called prosperity in their homeland. They deserve better than that. |
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