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Cllr Deirdre Ferris.
A SINN Féin Councillor says the ongoing housing shortage is having an impact on the ability to recruit and retain staff at University Hospital Kerry.
The ongoing issue with the lack of long-term rental properties in the county is affecting the ability to not only recruit new staff, but to retain existing staff in University Hospital Kerry, according to Tralee MD Cllr Deirdre Ferris.
She claims that over the last two years, many healthcare staff have contacted her for assistance in securing rental accommodation in the county and has even been asked to appeal to rental agents on their behalf to help secure a property.
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Cllr Ferris said: “Just over the last couple of weeks alone, three frontline healthcare workers from University Hospital Kerry have contacted me looking for help with finding accommodation.
“In two cases, Healthcare assistants and their families are facing homelessness due to Notices to Quit on the tenancies they have lived in for years. And in another case, a nurse is looking for accommodation for her and her family after living in shared accommodation while training and qualifying as a nurse here in Tralee.”
“Skyrocketing rental costs and the cost of living crisis, makes it impossible for most to save for a deposit for a mortgage, and for those that might be able to, there is very little affordable accommodation to purchase in the county anyway.”
“It is clear that this government isn’t capable of getting to grips with the housing crisis and the impact on the lives of people like these healthcare workers is going to get worse.”
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