No place to call home: ‘Renting is like speed dating, but for apartments’

“I’ve had five homes in nine years. It’s extremely hard to establish roots anywhere, especially for my kids.” Audrey* has twin boys who are eleven next month. A single mother, she lives just outside Swords with them in a three bed rental. She says she’s struggled to get on the property ladder and now, after her marriage broke down, it’s even harder. The kids have had to move schools twice because there’s just nothing available...