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Available until 27/11/2025 In Ireland, and particularly in the capital, Dublin, there is a shortage of hundreds of thousands of homes. The financial and housing crisis has left many families homeless. Jordyn, Jonathan and their daughter Delilah have no fixed address and must, every night, look for a place to spend the night. Faced with the housing crisis, young people are on the front line. For ten months now, Jordyn, Jonathan and Delilah, their one-year-old daughter, have been looking for a permanent place to live in Dublin. Their daily life is made up of fruitless administrative procedures and endless waiting on the phone: while Dublin rents are too expensive for them, social housing seems inaccessible to them. Every day, they try to find shelter with friends or relatives. Justin is a social worker and took care of homeless people in a private emergency shelter. But when the structure was sold, he lost his job and his home. Now, he scours the few real estate listings every day, and the rental offers he finds are mostly unaffordable. A simple room, or even a place in a dormitory, rents for exorbitant prices. Conor is writing his thesis and lives with his partner in a tiny apartment. Faced with the housing crisis, he decided to get involved in politics and campaign for change. A candidate for the city council, he warns about the abuses and gets petitions signed to reduce the number of vacant apartments and promote the creation of affordable housing. Ireland is going through a persistent housing crisis, which is even pushing families onto the streets. Despite the government's many promises, the situation remains desperate for many of them. However, Jordyn, Jonathan and Delilah see the light at the end of the tunnel... Report (Germany, 2024, 31mn) #housing #dublin #arte Subscribe to the ARTE channel / @arte Follow us on social media! Facebook: / artetv Twitter: / artefr Instagram: / artefr