Those who received their notices to quit between 28 October 2022 and 31 January this year are now facing a search for a new home.
Retail worker Jasmine Graham and her two children are now living in one bedroom in a B&B in Dublin city after they were evicted from their apartment earlier this month.
Her comments come as Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said that the Government will look at financing the building of apartments where tenants would be offered affordable rents.
Jasmine says she's been trying to find somewhere to live ever since she was served with her notice to quit.
"I've been on Daft.ie. I've been on all the websites to try to find a property and obviously been on to Dublin City Council as well, where I have been unsuccessful," Jasmine said.
"Dublin City Council told me to just keep looking...to ask around. The lady at the council asked if I had a car to sleep in, in case I could not find accommodation, which was really degrading to me as a mother with two kids.
"You can't live in a car. I haven't got a car anyways, but it's not possible for people to do that," she said.
"I’ve sent hundreds of emails... I haven’t even got a viewing on one. It's so hard because you're up against everybody," she added.
Jasmine is now sharing a small room with her two young boys in the B&B.
"It's just a basic room with a double bed and a single bed and a window, and then there's a little tiny bathroom and the bathroom doesn't have any cold water even when you flush the toilet.
"There's just scalding hot water. We have been using bottled water to wash our faces and brush our teeth and things like that. It's the only way we can really manage. You can't fit two people into the bathroom at one time. It's a really small basic toilet, sink, shower. It's tiny," Jasmine said.
"I have a few bags which contain 7-8 years of my life. There had been a lot of stuff that I had to throw away as well, like valuable stuff and things that were sentimental that I just I couldn't bring.
"It's like you are throwing your whole life into a bin because you have nowhere to store your stuff, nowhere to live," she added.
Jasmine said only one oven is available to use in the B&B.
"There is one oven allocated between everybody, so it's just the chance of getting down and seeing is the oven available, and most of the time it's not."
She said living in the B&B is already taking its toll on her boys. Her youngest child now kicks and screams every time they approach the B&B.
"The effects that it's having on my youngest child, who is waiting for a diagnosis of autism and he's finding it very hard to cope there, it's a very enclosed space for him as he needs a free environment.
"I've noticed when we're getting up to the B&B, he's kicking, he's screaming, he's lashing out," Jasmine said.
"You know, I've actually had to pick him up and carry him in over my shoulders while he's kicking and that is heart-breaking for a mother to have to do that to your kids, bring them somewhere they don't want to be.
"My older son, he constantly has a pain in his belly the past week, which I know that that's from anxiety," she said.
Jasmine said she's trying to stay positive for the sake of her two children.
"In the B&B there’s a lot of different families and they come from a lot of different backgrounds, so you don't know who you're dealing with.
"It's obviously really hard for people in there as well. They're stressed out. And then if they have an argument or they fight, everybody can hear. And I understand that. It's so, so stressful for them," she said.
"It's hard for me. It's hard for the boys, especially the boys. I'm trying to stay strong for them which is probably the hardest thing to do at the moment, but I have no other choice but to be strong for them," Jasmine said.
