An SDLP Councillor is to meet with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE) to discuss unreasonable temporary housing being offered to homeless families in Northern Ireland.

Councillor Paul McCusker was speaking after a young mother with children contacted him and told him she had been offered a hostel in L'Derry, despite her children attending schools in Belfast.

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He said: "With homelessness comes extreme mental anguish for families and individuals who find themselves in that situation for whatever reason. There can never be a question mark over whether these vulnerable families and individuals risk homelessness because reasonable temporary accommodation is not being offered.

"I will be raising these concerns with the NIHE and others in the coming weeks."

(CD)