People ‘living for months in hostels before being recognised as homeless’, Belfast committee told

People are living for months in homeless hostels before being officially recognised as homeless, a campaigner has told a council committee.

Jasmine Carbery of the Homeless Not Voiceless campaign told a Belfast City Council committee that she had been living in a homeless hostel for several months, and had to appeal against her original assessment before she received official full duty applicant status (FDA).