6,000 children to be homeless by 2020, says housing expert

More than 6,000 children will be homeless by 2020 unless there is a radical intervention.

The grim warning has come from housing expert Rory Hearne. His estimation is based on the 300% increase in child homelessness in the last three years.

“If we look at the increase, in Dublin in June 2014, there were 567 children homeless,” he said.