Homeless crisis worse than official figures show: 290,000 adults now sleeping on sofas or staying with friends

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  1. > One in four people knows someone who has experienced hidden homelessness in the past 12 months, Simon Communities Ireland research shows.

    That appears to be the basis for this statistic.

    They’ve extrapolated that to mean 290k.

    I declare shenanigans.

  2. I like how FFG has proprietary definitions of both ‘homelessness’ and ‘living wage’ that seem to spit in the face of otherwise globally recognised ones.

  3. I’ll be honest, despite the fact that if we sold our house here in America we’d come back with pushing a quarter of a million in the pocket, we’re terrified at the prospect of finding a house back home if we make the move next year.

    It’s not even the prices that scare the shit out of me, it’s the complete and utter lack of availability.

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