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[14:04] Almost €361m spent on emergency accommodation in 2024

The vast majority of public spending on homelessness continues to be directed toward emergency accommodation, with little investment in prevention and long-term solutions, according to a report from Focus Ireland and Trinity College Dublin.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0325/1503955-homeless-report/

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[15:43] Charity used fake wedding ring in photoshoot because of public’s view of single parents, tribunal told

Focus Ireland used a prop wedding ring for publicity photos shot in 2019 after being presented with ad agency research showing donors were “less likely to support single parents” who had fallen into homelessness, a tribunal has been told.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/charity-used-fake-wedding-ring-in-photoshoot-because-of-publics-view-of-single-parents-tribunal-told/a1432637811.html

#FocusIreland #2019

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- Different countries have different understandings and cultural responses to homelessness.
FEANTSA responded to this issue a number of years ago by producing a ‘typology’ which
names the different ways in which homelessness can be experienced and allows a
meaningful discussion to take place. This is called ETHOS, and is the foundation stone and
benchmark for any cross country comparison of #homelessness.

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