Merchants Quay Ireland notes sharp increase in number of over-55s and women accessing services
The number of people presenting as “newly homeless” at the Merchants Quay Ireland homelessness and addiction service more than doubled last year when compared with 2021.
“Overall, we have seen a 112 per cent increase this year in those presenting as homeless for the first time,” the report states. These figures, MQI said, illustrated “how soaring prices, limited rental opportunities and insufficient social housing” are making it increasingly difficult for people to move out of homelessness.
Across its services there were 97,736 “engagements” with some of the most vulnerable people in society, the report said. The charity noted increases in the number of people aged over 55 years and women accessing its services. The report did not provide data on the total number of women accessing services, but said 63 women engaged with MQI’s new women-only service, Jane’s Place, which provides a gender-specific, trauma informed space for women in homelessness and addiction.
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