The latest homelessness figures are further proof that the Government is completely out of ideas when it comes to tackling the housing crisis, according to Social Democrats TD Cian O\u2019Callaghan.<\/p>\n
Deputy O\u2019Callaghan, who is the party\u2019s spokesperson on housing, said:<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are now 14,159 people living in homeless emergency accommodation \u2013 the highest ever recorded in the history of the State.<\/p>\n
\u201cShockingly, 4,316 of these are children – a jump of 110 in one month – and 217 are pensioners.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese figures come in the wake of the recent rough sleeper count for Dublin, which saw a 54 per cent increase in the number of people sleeping on the streets over the last year.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen this Government took office, there we\u2019re 8,699 people in homeless emergency accommodation. Even at that time this was unacceptably high and we were promised action to deal with the crisis.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince then, homelessness has increased by 63 per cent. This cannot continue. A disaster of this scale must be treated with the urgency it deserves.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to be building thousands of social and affordable homes every year so that individuals and families have a chance of securing a long-term stable home.<\/p>\n
\u201cLocal authorities should be acquiring land through compulsory purchase orders to ensure a continuous supply of social and affordable homes for a growing population.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis Government\u2019s third Taoiseach is continuing the appalling record of his predecessors.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are clearly out of ideas and the thousands of people without a roof over their head are paying the\u00a0consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n
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