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THE HOMELESS YEAR IN REVIEW

11/24/2016

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JANUARY

​There were 769 families in emergency homeless accommodation in January 2016. This is following December 2015, whereby there were 683 families in emergency accommodation.

FEBRUARY

The number of people accessing emergency shelters across the State was up by almost 50 per cent in February.

MARCH

​There are 955 families living homeless, 625 of which are single-parent families.  A net 152 people became homeless in March alone, an increase of 3%, leaving an overall figure of 5,963 accessing local authority managed emergency accommodation. There has been an incredible 103% increase in the number of homeless families. 

APRIL

​​The number of homeless children has risen by more than 100pc in a year.

MAY

The results of the 2016 census put the number of vacant homes at 198,358.

JUNE

​2,177 children in emergency homeless accommodation with their families.

JULY

“There was a marked increase in calls from people who had been rendered homeless and the resulting vulnerability made them targets for rape" Rape Crisis Centre.

AUGUST

4,177 homeless adults 
1,130 homeless families 
2,348 homeless children 

SEPTEMBER

Minister Simon Coveney "The figures are shocking, but I'm not surprised," he said. "I was out on the street last week, talking to people who are homeless".

4,283 adults
1,173 families
2,426 children
 

OCTOBER

​On World Homeless Day, Monday 10/10 2016, there are more than 6,600 people, including 2,300 children in emergency accommodation, the highest figure since records began.

NOVEMBER

A homeless woman living in a tent in Rathmines has told how she fears for her life every single day.
Funeral of homeless woman who died in vacant Limerick building to take place.

Homeless man found dead near Dáil Éireann.

DECEMBER

​To be announced......
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