Figures showing a fall in the number of homeless people to below 10,000 for the first time in almost a year have been widely welcomed. It also represents a reduction on the December 2018 figures when 9,753 were recorded as homeless. In January 2019 the numbers increased by 273 to 9,987. Since July last year, he said, the number of families presenting as homeless in Dublin had been falling each month. “People are spending less time in emergency accommodation than before, with the majority spending less than 12 months before they are found a home.

Source: The Irish Times January 29, 2020 18:11 UTC