Appendix 1 APPENDIX 1 Homeless Risk Factors – what we know • CSO figures in 2011 indicated that3,808 people were counted in accommodation providing shelter for people who are homeless or sleeping rough on census night. This is a minimum figure. • In April 2014, Dublin Regional Homeless Executive confirmed127 people were counted as sleeping rough in Dublin. This is a minimum figure. • There are89,872 households on the social housing waiting list. • Thenumber of properties available to rent has decreasedand rents have increased since 2011, with the latest Daft Report for Q1 2014 reporting that rents nationally were 8.9% higher on average than same period in 2013. This was also the fourth quarter of continuous growth in rent. According to Daft.ie website there were 5,800 properties available to rent nationwide as of May 1st 2014, which is the lowest level since Oct 200743. • The number of people who are in receipt of rent supplement remains high at78,000 despite changes in eligibility (meaning less people are eligible). Since 2005 the number of people in receipt of Rent Supplement has increased by approximately 50% to the first three months of 23 2013. • In 2012,16.5% of people in Ireland were at risk of poverty, although only a slight increase from 16% in 2011, it is a further increase from 14.7% in 201044. • There have been increases in deprivation amongst those NOT at risk of poverty45. The deprivation rate among this group increased to23% in 2012 compared to 13.7% in 2009. Since 2007, this rate has more than doubled. • The number of people with nothing left of their incomes when all essential bills are paid still remains high at 14%.Mortgage and rent continue to be the most expensive bills for majority of people, with groceries and utilities the next two most expensive. • The Household Budget Survey for 2009-2010, published in 2012, shows that weekly household expenditure on housing hasincreased by 56% from 2004/05 to 2009/10. • Fuel and food poverty continues to increase and people are making difficult choices. Throughout 2013, two-thirds of adults had to put off paying essential household bills. 28% had to sacrifice spending on food, 68% on clothing.46 One in ten Irish people were unable to afford food in 201247. • The number of people who are long-term unemployed is of great concern. This has remained at about60% throughout 201348. 43 www.daft.ie/report/Daft-Rental-Report-Q1-2014.pdf?v=1 44 CSO SILC Report 2012 45 ‘At risk of poverty’ is an income measurement where deprivation measurements attempts to move beyond monetary indicators and to take better into account the actual standard of living that people enjoy. This measures those who are unable to afford at least two of the 11 items from a list of indicators to warrant a basic standard of living, such as unable to afford two strong pairs of shoes or invite friends or family over for a meal in the past month. 46 Irish League of Credit Unions ‘What’s Left’ Tracker for Q4 2013 www.creditunion.ie 47 www.oecd.org/ireland/OECD-SocietyAtaGlance2014-Highlights-Ireland.pdf 48 Although the rate of long-term unemployment decreased from 8.2% to 7.2% over the year to Q4 2013, 61.4% of those unemployed are long-term. www.cso.ie/en/media/csoie/releasespublications/documents/labourmarket/2013/qnhs_q42013.pdf
Left out in the cold: A review of rural homelessness in Ireland
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