April 2023 Homeless Figures Statement Dublin is bearing the brunt of the homelessness and housing crisis, with 9,010 people in emergency accommodation in April, representing a 3% increase on the previous month and a 25% increase over the past 12 months. Last week, the Dublin Simon Outreach team logged more than ninety calls in a four-hour period,three times what […]
Dublin Simon CEO Catherine Kenny responds to the February Homeless Report released on Friday the 28th of April. Homeless Report “The number of people staying in emergency accommodation in Dublin was up significantly in March, in a continuation of the trend seen over the past 15 months and representing an 25% increase on March 2022. […]
Dublin Simon CEO Catherine Kenny responds to the February Homeless Report released on Friday the 31st of March. Talk of housing targets is meaningless to those individuals with no forwarding address. There is nowhere for them to go, and they need homes now. It is due to successive systemic failures in the delivery of housing […]
The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage released the Homeless Report for December 2022 earlier today. Dublin Simon Community CEO, Catherine Kenny responds to the December report: “We are deeply frustrated by the increase in the number of people in Dublin emergency accommodation recorded in the December 2022 Homeless Report. This is highly unusual […]
The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage released the Homeless Report for November 2022 earlier today. Dublin Simon Community CEO, Catherine Kenny, has made the following statement in response to the report Homeless Report November 2022 Statement We are dismayed by the increase in the number of people presenting to emergency accommodation services in […]
The Homeless Report for October 2022 was released today by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Dublin Simon Community CEO, Catherine Kenny, has made the following statement regarding this report. “We are devastated to learn of the continued increase in the number of people presenting to Dublin emergency accommodation services. For the sixth […]
The Homeless Report for January 2023 has been released today by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Dublin Simon CEO, Catherine Kenny responds with the following statement. January 2023 Homeless Figures Statement We are deeply worried by the increase in the number of homeless people staying in emergency accommodation in Dublin. This first […]
Septembers Homeless Report has been released today by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. New CEO Catherine Kenny makes her first public statement in response to the report. “We are alarmed by the rise in the number of people presenting to Emergency Accommodation reported today by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. This comes […]
This January, Dublin Simon Community is partnering with Irish food producer sussed to launch the #SimonSaysChallenge to raise €5,000 for people experiencing homelessness in Dublin, Wicklow, Kildare, Meath, Louth, Cavan & Monaghan. The Simon Says Challenge will kick off on Monday, January 11th and will involve a series of fun daily wellness challenges suitable for all […]
This year, Dublin Simon Community is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its annual book of artwork & poetry, “Scrappy but Happy”. Every year, Scrappy but Happy features a selection of artwork and poetry created by clients of Dublin Simon’s Client Development service, which provides art classes and writing workshops for people experiencing homelessness and addiction. […]