Ukrainian woman (50s) arrested for allegedly trespassing on the premises of a former state-provided accommodation facility – The Irish Times

AND Ukrainian a woman in her 50s, evicted from state-provided accommodation for failure to pay the daily fee, was arrested and remanded in custody for allegedly violating her previous accommodation.

Tetiana Kiselova was evicted from her apartment in… Dublin city ​​on November 15 after failing to pay the €10 fee and then seeking refuge in the place where she previously lived, in Black RockWhat Dublin.

Last week in the Dún Laoghaire District Court, Ms Kiselova was charged with entering a building in a way that caused or was likely to cause fear in another person. she was in custody until November 25.

Since March, welfare benefits for Ukrainians living in state-provided accommodation have been reduced from €232 a week to €38.80, with the Blackrock Community Alliance believing the cut has resulted in Ukrainians failing to pay their fees.

On November 12, Ms. Kiselova received a letter from the Department of Integration informing her that access to her room had been denied and that her room had been transferred due to her refusal to pay the fee.

She was told she would not receive any further offers of accommodation and would have to arrange it herself.

A spokesman for the Department of Integration said people living in serviced accommodation are being advised that failure to pay is considered a refusal of emergency accommodation.

“In relation to the above case, due to non-payment, the individual was provided with assistance to contact their local Intreo office for financial support if required, and was given an additional three weeks to make the payment,” the spokesman said.

“Despite this, the individual refused to pay the contributions.”

A mandatory daily fee of €10 was introduced in 2022 for people fleeing the war in Ukraine and applies to serviced accommodation such as hotels and guesthouses where self-catering options are not available.

A spokesman said the department does not collect data on the number of housing denials for failure to pay a fee.

Because the accommodation in Blackrock where Ms Kiselowa was found trespassing is no longer under contract with the Department for Integration, the department said it could not comment on the events that took place after her eviction.

The building was covered by the contract until its completion in October as part of the consolidation of the accommodation offer for people fleeing the war in Ukraine.

Last month, buses arrived at the property in Blackrock and took 29 Ukrainians to alternative accommodation.

Most of the group who have lived in the building since arriving in Ireland in 2022 he refused to board the buses even though they were told they would not receive further offers of accommodation.

According to the Blackrock Community Alliance, 20 Ukrainians who refused to board the buses, including six children attending local schools, were taken in by the owners while they sought a solution.

However, this week applications for Housing Benefit were rejected and applications for Rent Benefit were also rejected by the Department of Social Protection.

A letter to local representatives and general election candidates from the Blackrock Community Alliance said: “The owners offered in September to host the group for two months until November 28, giving three months to gain clarity from departments on how the group 20 people can be organized. accommodated. This agreement expires next week. The group is seeking support from local representatives to find solutions to the crisis.”