Slight fall in emergency accommodation figures in May
There has been a slight decrease in the number of people accessing emergency accommodation, with the overall figure at 17,447 for May.
The figure is made up of 11,864 adults and 5,583 children.
It is a decrease of 101 from April’s figure of 17,548 in April and also below the 17,517 figure for March.
The reduction in the overall figure mostly comes from the adult population, with the child homelessness figure down by 21.
Opposition parties reiterated criticism of the Government’s record on housing, while homelessness charities pointed out thousands of children would enter the school break, spending a summer without the “certainty of a home”.
The number of people accessing emergency accommodation has been steadily increasing for years, with the trend typically seeing only slight declines in December.
The monthly figures published by the Department of Housing do not account for people sleeping rough or those staying in hospitals, asylum centres or domestic violence shelters.
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