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# Homeless figures

Last year
2022
Homelessness: Record high of 10,975 people in emergency accommodation last month
In total, there were 7,633 adults accessing emergency accommodation in the last week of September.
28.7k
48
Oct 28th 2022, 2:27 PM
'I want the homeless number to come down': Short-term let controls on the way, says minister
Changes to the homeless HAP are also on the way.
16.1k
33
Oct 1st 2022, 7:00 PM
Charities raise concerns over inflation as over 9,000 people access emergency accomodation in February
The Department of Housing released the latest figures this afternoon.
7.2k
9
Mar 25th 2022, 3:10 PM
Slight drop in number of people attending emergency accommodation in December
Despite the drop in figures, homelessness organisations have raised concerns that they may begin to rise again.
6.5k
4
Jan 28th 2022, 5:27 PM
All time
Jump in number of homeless is 'serious concern', says Housing Minister
Latest figures showed there were 8,475 people who are homeless in September – the fourth consecutive month that the number has risen.
16.3k
44
Oct 29th 2021, 5:38 PM
Homelessness figures dip but charity warns of lengthy spells in emergency accommodation
May stats show that there are 5,843 adults in emergency accommodation.
6.3k
9
Jun 25th 2021, 3:45 PM
Opposition parties call for reinstatement of eviction bans as number of homeless people rises in April
Labour’s Housing spokesperson, Senator Rebecca Moynihan has called for Minister Darragh O’Brien to reinstate the eviction ban.
16.6k
49
May 29th 2021, 7:10 PM
Progress made in reducing homeless figures at start of pandemic now being eroded, charities say
The latest figures show that there were 8,313 men, women and children in emergency accommodation in January.
8.1k
13
Feb 26th 2021, 3:19 PM
Homeless figures dip but charity warns of 'alarming rise' in homeless single people
Housing minister Darragh O’Brien said homelessness remains “unacceptably high”.
8.0k
14
Jan 29th 2021, 3:47 PM
Slight drop in latest homeless figures, charities raise 'grave concerns' over recent deaths
The number of families accessing emergency accommodation has increased to 1,128.
16.5k
9
Oct 30th 2020, 5:48 PM
Homeless charities demand action in the Budget as latest figures show 8,700 in emergency accommodation
The figures dropped slightly last month compared to July.
11.1k
14
Sep 25th 2020, 3:38 PM
Homeless figures rise in July amid warnings about end of eviction ban and rent freeze
It reverses a trend that saw the number of homeless people fall in recent months.
15.3k
25
Updated
Aug 28th 2020, 4:26 PM
Homeless figures drop for fifth month in a row but charities warn government's actions may reverse this trend
Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien said that the number of people homeless is still “simply too high”.
8.7k
12
Jul 31st 2020, 3:56 PM
Number of people in emergency accommodation drops below 10,000, latest figures show
There are 241 fewer people on the Department of Housing’s homeless list compared with last month.
12.5k
25
Apr 30th 2020, 6:41 PM
Housing dept 'utterly rejects' criticism of homeless figures amid claims of 'pre-election manipulation'
The number of people homeless in December 2019 dipped below 10,000 before rising above that figure again in January 2020.
25.1k
29
Mar 1st 2020, 6:30 AM
The number of people who are homeless has risen to over 10,000 again
6,697 adults and 3,574 children were in emergency accommodation in January.
16.0k
51
Feb 27th 2020, 6:13 PM
'We need to stop this': Homelessness figures reach 10,000 for seventh consecutive month
A total of 10,338 people were in emergency accommodation in August.
16.7k
55
Sep 30th 2019, 11:02 AM
Minister for Housing accepts 'need to do more' as latest figures show record levels of homelessness
10,378 people were recorded in emergency accommodation in April.
17.2k
83
Updated
May 29th 2019, 1:44 PM
The number of homeless adults in Ireland has risen by 130 in the space of a month
There are now collectively 9,724 people living in homeless accommodation across Ireland.
12.1k
49
Nov 29th 2018, 1:00 PM
Homeless figures to show fall in children in emergency accommodation, but rise in individuals presenting
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar told the Dáil the figures will show a reduction in the number of families presenting as homeless in Dublin.
7.1k
44
Nov 28th 2018, 5:47 PM
Homeless crisis will not begin to ease until at least 2021, committee told
A Trinity professor said the recategorisation of homeless figures has “undermined confidence in the data”.
14.0k
40
Updated
Nov 8th 2018, 1:40 PM
CSO statisticians moving to housing department after confusion over homeless and housing figures
The CSO statisticians will be assisting the department with its housing data, but not homeless figures.
20.6k
32
Sep 30th 2018, 10:00 PM
'Slight delay' in publishing Ireland's latest homeless numbers shows new form of reporting is needed, says minister
Some local authorities appear to be better than others in terms of sending their numbers to the Department of Housing.
9.0k
53
Apr 27th 2018, 12:37 PM
'Shameful', 'shocking': Campaigners 'lose confidence' in government after latest homeless figures
A further 222 families went into emergency accomodation in the past month.
25.1k
131
Mar 28th 2018, 10:47 PM
Over 8,500 people spent Christmas Day in emergency accommodation
The December figures saw a slight reduction in the number of homeless families.
7.2k
39
Jan 19th 2018, 7:19 AM
'Perhaps that wasn't the question': Taoiseach may have misunderstood homelessness question
In the past week the government claimed that the context of a question on homelessness was left out – it wasn’t.
19.8k
103
Nov 20th 2017, 2:53 PM
In Ireland, another 76 children became homeless just in time for the new school year
There are still 690 families in hotels, the Minister for Housing said.
9.7k
44
Oct 26th 2017, 6:43 PM
Hidden Homelessness: This family is living in a converted workshed in a Dublin back garden
Keith and Sinead bought a house at the height of the boom. Nine years later, they’re ‘in limbo’ in the Dublin suburbs.
73.5k
140
Sep 17th 2017, 9:00 PM
Number of adults and children in homeless families in Dublin trebles in two years
Meanwhile, Minister Simon Coveney has been highlighting arrangements in place for people who are homeless in the city.
13.3k
86
Nov 23rd 2016, 7:47 PM