FOI Request - Homeless and Temp Accommodation

Request 101003488714

I am looking for the following information for February 1st, 2024; February 1st 2023 ; February 1st, 2022.

1) How many people were registered as homeless with your local authority?

2) How many people were in temporary accommodation?

3) How many people were on the waiting list for permanent social housing?

Response 29-02-2024

1) The number of people are circa:

2) The below figures are the people that were in temporary accommodation as at:

1st February 2024 – 177
1st February 2023 – 201
1st February 2022 – 203

(These figures comprise of those people who are “registered as homeless” as in Q1 and also those who are being provided with temporary accommodation pending a homeless assessment.)

3) We currently have Homeless List, Waiting List and the Transfer List for Housing. The below figures are the number of households(applications) that were in the waiting list for permanent social housing as at
1st February 2024 – 2504
1st February 2023 – 2142
1st February 2022 – 2677