Record 15,378 people living in emergency accommodation last month

A record 15,378 people were living in emergency accommodation last month, according to the latest figures from the Department of Housing.

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

The data indicates that there was an increase of 92 people accessing emergency accommodation last month when compared with January.

There was also an increase in the number of children in homelessness, which increased from 4,603 in January.

🚨Breaking: Homelessness reaches a new record high on the watch of the FF/FG/Lowry Government! 15,378 people are now homeless, including 4,653 children.

This is a direct result of the broken housing policies of Micheál Martin and Simon Harris. We have a do-nothing government…

— Mary Lou McDonald (@MaryLouMcDonald) March 28, 2025

There were a total of 2,185 families in homelessness, and more than half of those were single-parent families.

The data shows that people aged…

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