Housing strategy in need of urgent review: charity

The Government has been told to “urgently review” its Rebuilding Ireland strategy after latest homelessness figures showed only a small decrease in the total number of people living in emergency accommodation.

Figures for June showed 10,172 people homeless, including 3,675 children, a fall of 81 compared with the figure for May. More than two-thirds of people in emergency accommodation are in Dublin but Focus Ireland said the crisis was no longer a Dublin problem as there are nearly 1,000 children homeless outside of the city.