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Over 170 People Accessed Homeless Accommodation In Kildare In February

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Nationally there's a 4% increase in the number accessing accommodation.

Some 174 people were accessing homeless accommodation in Kildare in February, according to the Department of Housing.

There were 184 people accessing homeless accommodation in Meath and  27 in Wicklow.

9,492 homeless people were accessing emergency accommodation in February across the country.

It's an almost 4 per cent increase from January's total, when it stood at 9,150.

There are more than 2,600 children in emergency accommodation.

These totals from the government don't include the numbers of rough sleepers, those in direct provision, women in refuge centres or Ukrainian refugees in pledged accommodation.

 

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