Young care leavers having to sleep in graveyards or cars due to housing crisis

Many young care leavers are sleeping rough, in cars, couch surfing or accessing homeless accommodation according to EPIC. Picture: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie

Young people who have left care are having to sleep in their cars, couch surf, access homeless accommodation, and even sleep in a graveyard, according the advocacy agency EPIC.

Empowering People In Care (EPIC) said it is currently aware of at least 22 young people who are mostly in receipt of aftercare supports but who are still struggling to find a stable place to live.