Homelessness has reached another record high with the data showing 15,747 people now in emergency accommodation.

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The Oireachtas Committee on Housing was told that families and children are ‘sinking’ in homelessness.

Three major housing proposals, including the extension of rent controls nationwide, were approved by Cabinet.

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“When they told me I had got the apartment I broke down in tears, but all I can say is, if you hang tough, good things do happen,” Cook said.

The latest data shows that 10,805 adults and 4,775 children were accessing emergency accommodation during the last full week of April.

There were 18 more adults and 22 more children homeless in March than in February, according to official figures.

The latest figures show that of those living in emergency accommodation in February, a total of 4,653 were children.

Only five per cent of total spending was spent on prevention measures.

Homelessness numbers hit a record high of 15,286 in January 2025

Housing Minister James Browne appeared to roll back on a Government commitment to end homelessness by 2030.

James Browne said he would not be putting a deadline on ending homelessness.

Cllr Sarah Beasley said young children using electric scooters are being used by drug gangs to ferry drugs around the city,

A total of 14,864 were recorded as homeless last month, a drop of some 335 compared with the previous month.

The Dublin Simon Community said more than 15,000 people in emergency accommodation was ‘a number previously thought inconceivable’

The site, previously occupied by the Mackie’s factory, has been empty since 1999

The number of people in emergency homeless accommodation across Ireland has reached a new record high of 14,966.

The housing portfolio is held by Fianna Fail’s Darragh O’Brien.

The Fine Gael leader also said that house prices would reduce when home building reaches 50,000-60,000 a year

The latest figures show there were 14,760 people, including 4,561 children, accessing such services in September – record highs for both metrics.

The Fine Gael leader said the cost of living was the number one issue being raised with him so far during the campaign.

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Focus Ireland is encouraging people who are affected by the housing crisis to register to vote as soon as possible before the election.

There was a rise in the September figures of almost two per cent.

Just three properties were available within standard HAP limits across the 16 areas surveyed by the Simon Communities in October.

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Many more children locally are not officially counted on homeless lists as they are staying with relatives, often in overcrowded properties

Taoiseach Simon Harris 'scapegoated' asylum seekers with his comment linking homelessness and migration, according to migrant charity Nasc

Data shows that 10,067 adults and 4,419 children were accessing emergency accommodation during the last week of August.

The Simon Week event in Dublin focused on the role of permanent housing as a cornerstone for recovery

Since the Government’s signing of the Lisbon Declaration in June 2021, the number of people experiencing homelessness in Ireland has increased by 80%

A joint report from the Simon Communities of Ireland and Simon Community NI revealed that hidden homelessness impacts 30,000 households across the island of Ireland. 

Roderic O’Gorman said that asylum seekers have no entitlement to housing supports or homeless accommodation.

According to the annual Focus Ireland report, some 18,000 people engaged with the charity over the last 12 months.

The court also heard that the council have offered them a transfer to another property, but that house will not be ready until a date in September

The calls were made at an event to officially open Houben House, Ireland’s largest family homelessness hub which can accommodate up to 350 people.

Dr Niall Muldoon was speaking as he officially opened Houben House in Dublin, which houses 62 families.

The number of homeless people in Ireland exceeds the capacity of Hill 16 in Croke Park

The Simon Communities executive director said there should not be ‘a sense of fatalism’ around the housing crisis

Just six per cent of people renting in Ireland do so by choice, according to a report from homelessness charity Threshold

A total of 55,367 adults became homeless and entered emergency accommodation over the 10-year period