More social housing needed to combat homelessness, says Sinn Féin

Sinn Fein has said that providing emergency beds for the homeless is only tackling part of the problem.

Sinn Féin has said that providing emergency beds for the homeless is only tackling part of the problem.

The party's housing spokesperson says figures published on the Department of Housing website yesterday showed that almost 7,000 people were recorded as homeless across the State in November.