The number of families living in emergency accommodation in the west of Ireland increased in July, figures from the latest homelessness report show.
The Department of Housing’s figures for July show 101 families living in emergency accommodation in Galway, Mayo, and Roscommon, up from 97 the previous month.
Those families had a total of 212 child dependents, a monthly increase nine kids in emergency accommodation, and 58 of them are single parent families.
In Galway City & County there were 272 homeless adults last month, one more than was seen in June.
Of the 355 total homeless adults in those three western counties in July, 194 of them were men and 164 were women.
The greatest number of those without a home were aged from 25 – 44 years old, accounting for 172 of the total. Another 100 people aged between 45 – 64 years old were also homeless, 75 were between 18 – 24.
There were eight people aged 65 or even older living in emergency accommodation in the west last month.
