3,000 children now homeless as crisis worsens

The number of homeless children has topped 3,000 for the first time as the number of families living in emergency accommodation continues to rise.

The Simon Community has called on the Rebuilding Ireland review to be urgently published while the Peter McVerry Trust says significantly more money must be allocated in next month’s budget.

The most recent figures released by the Department of Housing show that 8,270 people, including 3,048 children, were registered as living in emergency and temporary accommodation during the last week of August.