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27th March 2019
08:21pm GMT

"As well as the increased supply of social housing, HAP will continue to play a vital role in providing families with a place to live until supply catches up. "We will continue to work with families to demonstrate the benefits of this scheme over emergency accommodation.”The number of adults in emergency accommodation rose by 117 to 6,480 in February, with the number of children rising 160 to 3,784. There are now 1,707 families in emergency accommodation across the country. https://twitter.com/FocusIreland/status/1110990686231449600 Focus Ireland have called the new figures representative of a "human crisis" in Ireland. Reacting to the report on Twitter, they said:
"New record figures of 10,264 must act as a line in the sand in the battle against homelessness. "The UN & the EU Commission have both now condemned Irish housing policy. Focus Ireland has called for honest reflection by the Govt and a change in policy to end this human crisis."You can access February's homeless report here.