UCC lecturer calls for new definition of homelessness as latest data 'the tip of the iceberg'

December's record high figure of 11,632 only took into account those experiencing “rooflessness”. File picture: Larry Cummins

Official homeless figures are “just the tip of the iceberg”, according to a Lecturer at Univesity College Cork (UCC).

December was the sixth consecutive month that homeless figures reached a record high which now stand at 11,632. However, these figures only took into account those experiencing “rooflessness”, one of four categories under the ETHOS definition of homelessness.