10,492 people were officially recognised as homeless by the State at the end of June – edging ever closer to an all-time record, and nearing the peak of 10,514 (October 2019)
10,492 people were officially recognised as homeless by the State at the end of June – edging ever closer to an all-time record, and nearing the peak of 10,514 (October 2019)
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That number seems really low to me. Is that like sleeping on the street homeless?
Surely it doesn’t include the people who have moved back in with their parents and not by choice because they can’t find alternative accommodation
We probably weren’t paying Hap to half as many working families back then either. If there’s a recession and they pull the Hap plug whatll happen?
Don’t worry, they’ll redefine ‘homeless’ again to bring the number down before that happens.
And you just know the actual number is much higher. Generations of people don’t have the security of a home.
Don’t be worried we going to house another 4k Ukrainians bu the end of August 🤔
Yeah but the politicians are on summer holidays, so it’ll just have to wait ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Has the overall population increased? No real context otherwise
It is really disappointing and scary to look at homelessness in Ireland. More than 10000 people homeless, in a country with a population of around 5million. Japan has less than 4000 people homeless, with a population nearly three times Ireland and a GDP of about half.
No huge refugee influx until recently, no war or civil unrest (within the republic) in decades. I just don’t really understand what else could contribute other than government mismanagement