Only six beds for homeless women

ONLY six beds are available to homeless women in the south-east region.

With more than 400 people homeless in the south-east, 140 emergency hostel beds are available to men and six for women, according to a report.

The number of homeless people has risen by 40% from five years ago, while many have been waiting on local authority housing lists for seven years or more. And half of those either sleeping rough or in sheltered accommodation are concentrated in the Waterford area, the South East Simon Community commissioned report shows.