The number of homeless people in Ireland has increased again with 10,492 without a house, new figures have revealed.
And 3,071 of those are children, according to the latest monthly report by the Department of Housing.
Minister Darragh O’Brien has said: “The continuing increase in the numbers accessing emergency accommodation is a serious concern.
“The Government, local authorities and those in our NGO sectors are making every effort to reduce homelessness. Key to this is the delivery of new social housing and boosting overall supply.”
The figures released on Friday are recorded for the month of June.
In total, 10,492 people were homeless in June - a 1.6%, or 167 additional people, in comparison to May.
The number of new families presenting to homeless services has fallen by 10% in the first three months of this year.
And the number of new families entering emergency accommodation has decreased from Quarter 1 by almost 14%.
In total, 1,211 adults and their dependents exited, or were prevented, from entering emergency accommodation in Q2 2022, a total of 2,439 in 2022 so far.
There were 7,421 homeless adults recorded in June and 1,385 families were recorded as homeless, including 3,071 children (under-18).
The Quarterly Progress report also shows the number of new families presenting to homeless services and the numbers entering and exiting emergency accommodation on a national basis.
Quarter 2 shows a 10% decrease in the number of families presenting when compared to Quarter 1 (from 728 to 654).
The report also shows that the number of new families entering emergency accommodation has fallen when compared to Quarter 1 by almost 14% (from 466 to 402).
In the Dublin region, family presentations were down 22% in the corresponding period in 2021 (from 443 to 346).
Of the families presenting, 38% of these families were prevented from having to enter emergency accommodation by way of a tenancy having been created.
And 97 families exited emergency accommodation into a tenancy in the quarter, a 56% decrease on the 220 families who exited homelessness in the Dublin region in Q2 2021.
The Quarterly Report also shows that the majority of both single and family households accessing emergency accommodation on the last night of the quarter have been in emergency accommodation for less than 6 months (2,604 of 5,035 single households and 713 of 1,382 family households respectively).
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