A homeless mum says that emergency accommodation is not suitable for her kids' additional needs.
She is now fearing the worst after her child tried to escape through a window and got his neck stuck on the cords of the blinds. Jade previously told Dublin Live that she was worried that she would end up burying one of her autistic if they were once again made homeless.
The mum of four worries that other families are in similar situations and that not enough is being done to highlight the plight of those living in emergency accommodation.
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Jade and her family had spent three years in emergency accommodation, in hotel rooms, and in family hubs that were not suitable for her four sons. They had been living in a house in Clondalkin but were sent an eviction notice due to the landlord selling up.
The family were forced to leave their home at the end of the July and move into a homeless hub in Dublin City Centre. Jade feared that history would repeat itself as her son, who is a flight risk, had sprinted out of their accommodation onto a busy road in Drumcondra.
Sadly, her deepest fears were confirmed when her son tried to escape through a window and got stuck in the cords of the blind.
Jade said: "The child got one of the locks open up three storeys high. It was only then that they decided that we needed to get out of there.
"What is it going to take? It's going to take someone losing their life before something is going to happen here. This isn't normal. It's not fair. I said I was going to end up burying a child. I don't know how he didn't end up out that window.
"We were moved to Angier Street. This one is on the ground floor but it's not okay for an autistic child to be stuck in an apartment."
A spokeswoman for Dublin City Council said: "The DRHE does not comment on individual cases.
"All families that present to a local authority in the Dublin Region are assessed and, if deemed in need of emergency accommodation, are offered the most suitable available placement based on the assessment.
"Families very often have other needs, e.g. want to be close to children’s schools, and are continuously assessed, and should they have particular support or other needs, they can be moved to alternative emergency accommodation, subject to availability."
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