Food Security Ireland Project #12041

Hot, Nutritious Meals for people who are Homeless

by Simon Communities of Ireland

Project Report | Apr 26, 2016
Simon Community Fact File

By Eimear Larkin | Simon Community Fact File

The Simon Community Fact File outlines the homeless situation in Ireland. It provides the most recent up to date figures of the homeless situation in Ireland.

The Spokesperson for the Simon Community of Ireland, Niamh Randall gives her opinion on the crisis of the homeless situation we have at the moment.

This fact file provides a story of one of our client users, who has been involved with the Simon Community of Ireland.

A brief synopsis;

Simon Community Fact-File

Rents up 32.3% nationally while the number of properties available decreases by 77% since 2012.
A total of over 13,000 social housing units were delivered in 2015 with only 28 house actually being built.
The number of new private residential properties completed in 2015 was 12,666 compared to 93,419 houses in 2006.
70% of mortgages in arrears are in arrears for more than 90 days.
The number of people in emergency accommodation has grown to almost 6,000 people.

Attachments:

Simon Community fact file (DOCX)

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