It showed that since August 2021, the number of families and children in emergency accommodation has doubled, with one-parent families comprising 13 per cent, and couples with children making up 10.5 per cent.
As for adults with children, in July 2014 there were 344 families in emergency accommodation nationally, rising to a record of 2,000 by November 2023 – a 480 per cent increase. There was a higher proportion of adult homelessness in Dublin, at around 70 per cent of homeless adults in emergency accommodation at any time.
“As the numbers go up each month, it is often presented as ‘all the same people are still homeless and some more joined them’ but in fact, while some people do get stuck, mostly there is a flow into and out of homelessness, with a lot of people experiencing it,” he said. Homelessness has also increased not only in total numbers, but as a percentage of the total adult population, the data revealed. The homeless rate per 1,000 population aged over 18 increased from 0.71 in 2014 to 2.14 in 2023.
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