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	39 families became homeless in Dublin over the past month, according to new figures from housing charity Focus Ireland.</p>
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	The charity warned that the figures showed that the homeless crisis in Ireland is continuing to deepen, with one family losing their home in Dublin alone every day this year.</p>
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	The figures were announced as the charity made a submission to a Department of Social Protection review.</p>
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	The Focus Ireland submission called for rent supplement payments to match real rent levels to help prevent families and individuals from losing their homes.</p>
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	The charity&#39;s submission also warns that the Government&#39;s rent review process is fatally flawed and will not solve the problem.</p>
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	Director of Advocacy Mike Allen said: &quot;A lot of the families that are becoming homeless and others we are supporting to try to prevent them losing their homes have been forced to top-up the rent supplement to meet the market cost of rent as the rent supplement doesn&rsquo;t cover the rent.</p>
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	&quot;Paying this top-up month on month is clearly not sustainable and it just pushes families deeper into debt and nearer to homelessness.&quot;</p>
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	The charity said the Government must raise rent supplement rates to stop the rise in the number of families losing their homes because they cannot afford to pay their rent.</p>
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	<a href="http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0804/635085-homeless-dublin/">http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0804/635085-homeless-dublin/</a></p>
