Half of emergency accommodation applications to Cork County Council refused or not progressed

In the most recent monthly report from the Department of Housing, there were 418 people accessing emergency accommodation in Cork city and county area. 

Well over half of all applications made to Cork County Council to be assessed for emergency accommodation in the past two years have either been refused or not progressed.

Figures from the local authority show that of the 797 applications received in the past two years, 503 applications did not go ahead or were refused, for a variety of reasons.