39 adults were in homeless accommodation in Kerry at the end of March.
That’s a 5% increase compared to the previous month; there were 37 adults in homeless accommodation in the county at the end of February.
In the South-West region, which covers Kerry and Cork, there were 83 families including 151 children, accessing emergency accommodation.
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Nationally, the number of homeless people is 13,866 people were homeless in March, which is a record high.
The figures cover from March 25th to 31st and were published in the Department of Housing’s monthly homelessness report.