Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 November 2017
701. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of adult persons who have exited section 10-funded homeless accommodation in the first six months of 2017; and the housing tenures to which they have exited. [50128/17]
View answerBased on housing authority reports, during the first six months of 2017 a total of 2,060 adults, who were assessed and deemed homeless by housing authorities within the meaning of Section 2 of the Housing Act 1988, exited homelessness into independent tenancies. This figure includes homeless adults who exited Section 10 funded homeless accommodation and also homeless adults prevented from entering emergency accommodation.
The tenure types to which these adults moved are set out below:
- local authority tenancies - 453;
- approved housing body tenancies - 376;
- private rented tenancies - 1,231.
