Latest figures come on the eve of the lifting of the eviction ban
During the week of February 20th-26th there were 8,369 adults and 3,373 children in emergency accommodation. Among these were 1,599 families of which 876 were headed by lone parents.
In Dublin, however, numbers continue to climb across most cohorts. The total in emergency accommodation in the capital was 8,588 in February, including 2,576 children in 1,169 families. Wayne Stanley, executive director of the Simon Communities of Ireland, welcomed the “small” reduction in overall numbers. “What these figures suggest is that the moratorium, was doing its work, particularly for families, and keeping people out of homelessness.
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