A damning report on the Peter McVerry Trust by Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority inspectors in December 2024 followed separate criticism by the Charities Regulator and the Comptroller and Auditor General, the public spending watchdog. Photograph: Alan Betson
Housing regulators have expressed anxiety about the pace of efforts to overhaul the crisis-struck Peter McVerry Trust (PMVT), saying “progress has been slower than required” after prolonged turmoil in the charity.
The concerns were set out by the Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority (AHBRA) at an Oireachtas housing committee meeting which heard the PMVT had been “borrowing from Peter to pay Paul” before crisis struck in 2023.
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