HOMELESS FIGURES

Number of people in homelessness hits record level in Ireland

Charities asked the government to extend the ban on evictions as the number of people living in homeless housing in Ireland increased to a new record high for the seventh consecutive month. According to the Department of Housing’s most recent statistics, a total of 11,754 people—8,323 adults and 3,431 children—were staying in emergency housing in … Read more

Homeless figures hit record high in December

More than 11,600 people including almost 3,500 children were accessing emergency accommodation during the week leading up to Christmas, according to the latest homelessness figures. Experts who work with the homeless have called the figures, which are higher than the previous record total of 11,542 that was recorded in the final week of November 2022, … Read more