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105 people in Waterford now registered as homeless

105 people in Waterford now registered as homeless
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14,966 people were registered as homeless in October - including over four thousand six hundred children.

That's an increase of 13.5% from October 2023. The figures represent the highest number on record.

105 people in Waterford were accessing emergency accommodation durirng the week of October 21st-27th. That's down four from 109 in September.

324 people in total are registered as homeless in the South-East.

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68 people were registered as homeless in Tipperary - while the figure stood at 60 in Wexford, 47 in Carlow and 44 in Kilkenny.

52 of those registered as homeless in the South East are between the ages of 18 to 24.

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