Readers' Blog: State fails to properly address the housing crisis

There are more than 9,500 people homeless in Ireland and that number is rising.

This figure does not take into account the numbers of people with disabilities who are in unsuitable accommodation such as nursing homes, it does not count those housed in domestic violence refuges, and it leaves out almost 600 people who have come through the asylum process and been granted leave to remain in Ireland but who cannot leave direct provision because of the unavailability of affordable housing.