Rising rents in gorey leading to a risk of increased homelessness

There are people in the squeezed middle in Gorey who are at risk of becoming homeless.

That's the warning from Sinn Fein councillor Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin who has called on the Housing Minister to look again at addressing the issues around rising rents. The latest figures from The Residential Tenancies Board shows there has been a 2.7 percent annual increase in the national average rent. There was a 1.4% increase in rent prices in County Wexford between Quarters 3 and 4 last year with the average rent in the county now standing at €812 per month. In the north of the county, that could be nearly 12 hundred euro and Councillor Ó Súilleabháin says there's a danger that families could be trapped: [audio wav="https://www.southeastradio.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Fionntain-OSulivan-Hap.wav"][/audio]