Family homelessness ‘will worsen’ says Simon Communities of Ireland

The Simon Communities of Ireland have warned the homelessness emergency is only likely to worsen after it has been allowed to proceed “unchecked” in the absence of appropriate short-term responses.

The group launched its 2014 annual report yesterday which indicated it had a 20% increase in the number of clients it worked with last year.

However, Niamh Randall, national spokeswoman for the Simon Communities in Ireland, said the group had seen a similar increase in client numbers this year.