Women constitute 42% of homeless

Women constitute 42% of the total adult homeless population in the State and 47% in the Dublin region. Both figures are well above the European norm of between 20% and 33%.

The findings are from Women’s Homelessness in Europe, co-edited by Paula Mayock from Trinity College Dublin and Joanne Bretherton from the University of York.

Dr Mayock said policy responses to homelessness in Ireland lack gender sensitivity, with services primarily orientated towards the needs of homeless men.