Mike Allen

Rise in number of homeless single adults drives climb in overall figures

Number of families without homes has fallen by 40 per cent over the past year

Number of people listed as homeless falls to four-year low

Figures for June show 8,699 people in the State accessed emergency accommodation

Homeless family numbers up 350% since 2014

Research by Focus Ireland and Trinity shows increase in all types of homelessness

Social housing ‘could take 10 years’ if councillors block land sales

Housing bodies could build 745 homes on nine sites, council’s head of housing says

More than 15,000 new hotel rooms planned for Dublin

Development over next three to five years will almost double city’s current capacity

Exceptional needs payments soar by close to 70%

Focus Ireland says increase in figures shows how tough things are getting for some people

Ideology the ‘only obstacle’ to social and affordable housing, say protesters

Fine Gael needs to ‘step back’ from its current policy, protesters outside Dáil told

Sense of panic about homelessness gone, says Focus Ireland director

Mike Allen says fact homeless figures are not soaring is good news

More than 10,000 people homeless for fifth month in a row

Homelessness list down by 81 people, despite 73 families registering for first time in June

Dublin homeless families to get free public transport access for August

Leap Cards to be provided on a ‘once off basis’, spokesman for Eoghan Murphy says

The Irish Times view on homelessness: a crisis that shames us all

Focus Ireland predicts the number of homeless families will rise during the next four years

Landlords unwilling to accept housing assistance payment, say homeless families

Focus Ireland study finds families in private rented accommodation ‘bear brunt of crisis’

Government engaged in ‘social experiment’ on housing, claims FF

Micheál Martin says Fine Gael wants to turn Ireland into a nation of renters, not owners

Minister for Housing needs to look at constitution ‘for right to home’

Focus Ireland advocacy director Mike Allen says homeless figures continue to rise

‘Vast majority’ of landlords selling up are genuine, says homelessness chief

‘Bring in a moratorium which says you can sell your property but you have to leave the tenant in place’

Fall in number of Dublin families entering emergency accommodation

The drop follows a decision to stop giving homeless families priority for housing

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