Laois homeless figures fall

There were 24 people recorded as homeless in Laois in July, according to the latest figures from the Department of Housing. 

The number of people availing of emergency accommodation from the local authority during the week of July 22 to 28 dropped from 29 in June. 

Across the midlands there were 34 families in local authority emergency accommodation. This included 42 adults and 55 children. 

There were 157 adults availing of emergency accommodation across the midlands during the week recorded in July. The majority were aged between 25 to 44 (77). There were 53 people aged between 45 and 64 and there were four people aged over 65 homeless in the region. 

Nationally the number of homeless people has reached yet another record, of 14,429, including over 4,000 children in over 2,000 families last month.

The figures do not include people sleeping rough, those that may be couch surfing or homeless in hospitals or prisons, or those who are in a shelter for asylum seekers, or domestic violence centres.