“This is compounded by the lack of alternative housing options. We see that families are more likely to enter homelessness than other household types, with one-parent families at significantly greater risk, as are those receiving a social welfare payment and reliant on HAP.
The average rate of single people facing homelessness was the highest in 2022 and the gap between those entering the emergency homelessness system, and those exiting, has been widening since 2021.While the number of households entering emergency accommodation is not as high as the record year, 2018, there has been a sharp decline since 2021 in the number of families leaving emergency accommodation.
However it pointed out that with over 2,500 notices of termination, there is a need for far more than 1,300 units to be purchased under this scheme.