"Since it was declared an emergency crisis more than 10 years ago, the numbers without a home to call their own have spiralled."
"Louise Larkin* works in a multinational financial services company in Kerry."
"She found it so stressful being homeless with two children that she ended up in a hospital psychiatric ward for ten days."
An emergency homelessness crisis declared more than ten years ago coincided with a sharp increase in people lacking a home. The rise includes many hidden homeless who live in insecure, temporary, or overcrowded conditions and who do not appear in rough-sleeping counts. Some affected individuals remain in employment yet lack stable housing. One employed parent with two children experienced extreme stress from homelessness, resulting in a ten-day admission to a psychiatric ward. Support services and charities assist those affected, addressing immediate shelter needs, mental health, and family stability amid ongoing housing shortages.
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