{"id":671936,"date":"2026-11-01T17:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T17:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/671936\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T17:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T17:14:08","slug":"rise-in-non-irish-citizens-in-homeless-accommodation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/671936\/","title":{"rendered":"Rise in non-Irish citizens in homeless accommodation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The number of non-Irish citizens in emergency accommodation has significantly increased, the Minister for Housing has said.<\/p>\n<p>James Browne said that nationally around 50% of those in emergency accommodation are non-Irish citizens, and in Dublin that figure is 58% and rising.<\/p>\n<p>He added that they have &#8220;every right to housing&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to RT\u00c9&#8217;s This Week, Mr Browne said: &#8220;They have a right to remain here, but they do tend to have, I suppose, a bigger challenge around socio-economics, around being able to afford a home, and what we&#8217;re trying to do is find a way to provide them with homes as well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But it&#8217;s challenging because homelessness is really rising in Dublin, where there is an acute housing shortage, not just social houses.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Listen to Minister James Browne&#8217;s interview on RT\u00c9&#8217;s This Week<\/p>\n<p alt=\"Housing Minister James Browne\" class=\"tpe\" data-description=\"Housing Minister James Browne on the positive data on new housing completions, but what are the problems that remain?\" data-embed=\"rte-player\" data-id=\"8b45994e-7a4c-418c-b5dd-b4f500ea4b67\" data-ot-category=\"C0004\" data-title=\"Housing Minister James Browne on the positive data on new housing completions, but what are the problems that remain?\" id=\"8b45994e-7a4c-418c-b5dd-b4f500ea4b67\">We need your consent to load this rte-player contentWe use rte-player to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.<a class=\"blocked-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/news\/2026\/1101\/1597534-housing\/javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"OneTrust.ToggleInfoDisplay()\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manage Preferences<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nobody is saying because they&#8217;re non-citizens they shouldn&#8217;t be housed, but we have to understand where people are coming from into emergency accommodation, and what their needs are to get them back out in terms of how you address it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So, it&#8217;s understanding the facts is absolutely critical to addressing it, and kind of blinding ourselves away from what the facts is not going to help address the situation,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Browne said they have to &#8220;deal with the facts&#8221; and &#8220;we have to understand where people are coming from into emergency accommodation and what their needs are to get them back out&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, he said he could not give an exact time for when the latest homelessness figures will be released after their scheduled publication was delayed on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The figures weren&#8217;t released because there is a challenge in terms of gathering the numbers and finalising them as a result of the current work-to-rule, and it does require a certain amount of work,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Browne also confirmed that a national planning statement will go to Cabinet on Tuesday, which will provide legal certainty to new apartment building guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>The guidelines, which allow builders to include more studio apartments in housing developments, have faced legal challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The number of non-Irish citizens in emergency accommodation has significantly increased, the Minister for Housing has said. 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