Homeless Laois families and singles given emergency accommodation
Six Laois families as well as 13 single people turned to Laois County Council to declare themselves homeless over a month.
Latest council figures show that there are 19 people or families living in emergency accommodation such as a hotel room or B&B, placed there by the local authority until they can be provided with a tenanted home.
In the same month of May, one homeless families and one homeless person were given permanent social homes.
There are currently 1,765 people waiting on the housing list in Laois, whose low wages have qualified them for a social home. Almost half of them are receiving a Housing Assistance Payment to pay for their private rent.
So far this year, the council has found homes for 159 families or individuals on the waiting list. 24 of them got brand new homes, 33 got relet homes, and 102 went into social homes owned by Approved Housing Bodies such as Clúid.