Homelessness in Ireland has once again climbed to a record high, according to the latest Department of Housing figures released today.
The Department’s monthly homelessness report for November 2025 revealed that there were a total of 16,996 people in emergency accommodation by the end of that month, an increase of over 200 people on the previous month’s total of 16,766 people.
The November figures showed that 11,675 adults (68.7 percent) were in emergency accommodation by the end of the month, as well as 5,321 children (31.3 percent).
The number of children in emergency accommodation increased by 47 since October, while the number of adults rose by 183 in the same period.
Just over 50 percent (5,846 people) of the adults in emergency accommodation in November were Irish citizens, the Department’s report states, while almost 20 percent (2,325 people) were classified as ‘EEA/UK’ citizens.
A total of 3,504 people were described as ‘non-EEA’ citizens, representing 30 percent of the adults in emergency accommodation.
Of the nearly 17,000 people in emergency accommodation, over 12,000 were recorded in Dublin.
Commenting on the latest figures, Catherine Kenny of the Dublin Simon Community said that “we cannot allow the situation to worsen for yet another year”.
“It is incomprehensible that we have gotten to the point where this many people are trapped in emergency accommodation. We must put an end to record-breaking statistics and deliver workable solutions for the human beings whose lives have been upturned,” the Dublin Simon Community CEO said.
The charity said that there has been an 11 percent year-on-year increase in the number of people in the capital in emergency accommodation, and called on Government to prioritise housing allocations for long-term emergency residents; accelerate the delivery of social and affordable homes; and introduce a “coordinated, cross-departmental framework to tackle homelessness as the multi-layered crisis it is”.
The November report is the latest to reveal a record new high in terms of the number of people requiring emergency homelessness accommodation.