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Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)

Friday, 28 July 2023 14:32

By Kamron Clarke @kamron_clarke

CSO figures show an increase of 83% in the figure between 2016 and 2022.

A massive increase in the number of people over the age of 65 living in rental accommodation is "worrying," according to Irish Rural Link.

Figures from the CSO show 83% more people in that age group were renting in 2022, when compared to 2016.

In Laois, the increase is much larger, at 114%.

That's followed by 105% in Offaly, and 71% in Westmeath.

CEO of Irish Rural Link, Ballycumber's Seamus Boland says without owning their home, older people in the midlands don't have the security of tenure:

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