'Eviction ban saved me but now I've been served notice to quit'

Renters tell of fallout and lack of alternative accommodation

- DANNY DE VAAL

A DISTRAUGHT renter said the evictions ban saved her family from homelessness - but she doesn't know what she'll do after being served a notice to quit.

Sonya said she has been living in the house for 20 years with her mum, dad, and nephew and was frantically searching for alternative accommodation - but insisted there was "nothing".

Speaking on RTE's Upfront with Katie Hannon, she said: "We've been in our house for the last 20 years.

"We got a notice to quit. The ban was our saving grace to find something because it's not like we're not trying to find something but we genuinely can't.

"There is nothing around. It's a rural area and we can't find anything. So we don't know what we're going to do." Her mum Michelle added: "I'm scared, I'm not looking forward to the future because I don't know what I'm going to do.