More than 50 young people have left State care without a home in the last two years

A report published by the Government this week by researchers from UCD made a number of recommendations to help provide vulnerable people leaving care with stable, long-term accommodation and take away the “spectre of homelessness”. File picture: Leon Farrell/RollingNews.ie

Over 50 young people leaving care between 2020 and 2022 stated they were homeless, despite being eligible for a programme aimed at supporting them into social housing.

A report published by the Government this week by researchers from UCD made a number of recommendations to help provide vulnerable people leaving care with stable, long-term accommodation and take away the “spectre of homelessness”.