Minister Alan Kelly can’t say how many people became homeless last year

Environment Minister Alan Kelly has failed to provide figures for the number of people who have become homeless in the past year.
Minister  Alan Kelly can’t say how many people became homeless last year

Publishing the 2015 Social Housing Report, he said 13,000 new social housing units were delivered last year. However, when questioned he could not provide the total number of people who have become homeless.

Although Mr Kelly was able to highlight the 2,000 people who exited homelessness last year he did not provide figures for the total numbers of families and individuals who became homeless in the same period.

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