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12,827 people are registered as homeless in Ireland

Jonathan Duane
Jonathan Duane

02:49 27 Oct 2023


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The figure for September is an increase of 136 on August's total.

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12,827 people are registered as homeless in the State.

The total includes a record number of children for the second month in a row.

3,904 children are growing up in B&Bs and Hotels according to the figures from the Department of Housing.

The figure for September is an increase of 136 on August's total.

While it is 16 percent higher than the number of people registered as homeless in September 2022.

The issue is most acute in the capital with 9,391 people in emergency accommodation - including more than 2,966 children.

The figures from the Department of Housing do not include rough sleepers, women in refuge centres, refugees or asylum seekers, or the so-called hidden homeless.


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