nigelhernandez
Experienced
- Apr 14, 2020
- 270
I live in Ireland and we've had a particularly infamous homeless crisis. Many of my European friends who have visited say that the number of people on the streets is particularly shocking as you wouldn't see that many in Germany, Spain, France.
But contrary to that, I've actually heard it's very difficult to end up on the streets if you don't have a drug addiction problem/mental illness. It's very hard to get evicted here (I know someone who didn't pay rent for a year and her landlord tried to get her out to no avail). There are many supports for people who have fallen behind on rent, there's welfare or job seekers allowance.
I've heard the worst developed country to be homeless is America.
But contrary to that, I've actually heard it's very difficult to end up on the streets if you don't have a drug addiction problem/mental illness. It's very hard to get evicted here (I know someone who didn't pay rent for a year and her landlord tried to get her out to no avail). There are many supports for people who have fallen behind on rent, there's welfare or job seekers allowance.
I've heard the worst developed country to be homeless is America.