Since the implosion of the Peter McVerry Trust, management of Dublin’s flagship homelessness programme, Housing First, has been on uncertain footing. An unsuccessful tender process in 2024 left 50% of tenancies in the Dublin area unserviced. Now, Dublin City Council has confirmed to The Currency that a new tender process launched in December has led to the successful award of contracts to the Dublin Simon Community and Depaul. The Housing First programme is outsourced by the State to charities around the country. It is based on policies first developed by an American academic that homelessness is best tackled with a…

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