There was a 9% decrease in the number of adults in homeless accommodation in Kerry in a month.
There were 47 adults in homeless accommodation in Kerry at the end of February; that’s down from 52 at the end of January.
In the South-West region, which covers Kerry and Cork, there were 99 families including 212 children, accessing emergency accommodation.
Nationally, the number of people homeless in September is 15,378.
The figures cover from February 17th to 23rd February and were published in the Department of Housing’s monthly homelessness report.