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The Hotelisation of Dublin’s Housing Crisis
Experiences of Family Homelessness
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This article highlights the experiences of homeless families living in Dublin’s hotels. We explore the socio-political implications of the use of hotels for temporary accommodation and argue that this increasing reliance on hotels has devastating implications for the city’s working-class families. The article outlines several impacts of hotel living: the disruption of everyday routines, including cooking family meals, poor physical and mental health, and the stigma and shame experienced by …
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Mel Nowicki
Katherine Brickell is Professor of Human Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London.
Ella Harris is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the Geography Department at Birkbeck, University of London.