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The count stood at 177 in July 2026. That is 5.9% lower than a year earlier.

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Total adults in emergency accommodation — North-West

177, latest July 2026 (-5.9% year on year, from 188).

The count stood at 177 in July 2026. That is 5.9% lower than a year earlier. The series peaked at 188 in July 2025; the latest figure is 5.9% below that peak. Its low point was 48 in April 2019; the latest reading is 269% above that.

Show the numbers (88 periods)
Total adults in emergency accommodation — North-West, every published period
PeriodValue
July 2026177
June 2026171
May 2026162
April 2026161
March 2026155
February 2026165
January 2026158
December 2025155
November 2025164
October 2025177
September 2025187
August 2025182
July 2025188
June 2025178
May 2025170
April 2025156
March 2025169
February 2025158
January 2025164
December 2024157
November 2024156
October 2024139
September 2024131
August 2024147
July 2024146
June 2024137
May 2024160
April 2024172
March 2024172
February 2024173
January 2024157
December 2023142
November 2023144
October 2023130
September 2023126
May 2023122
April 2023109
March 2023111
February 2023116
January 2023108
December 2022114
November 2022104
October 2022101
September 2022110
August 202289
July 202284
June 202279
May 202276
April 202276
March 202277
February 202275
January 202271
December 202161
November 202173
October 202177
September 202174
August 202170
July 202177
June 202181
May 202183
April 202174
March 202180
February 202184
January 202184
December 202072
November 202075
October 202067
September 202074
August 202067
July 202073
June 202069
May 202070
April 202071
March 202069
February 202063
January 202067
December 201958
November 201967
October 201965
September 201955
August 201951
July 201954
June 201955
May 201950
April 201948
March 201955
February 201961
January 201952

What these terms mean

Total Adults
Adults recorded as accessing homeless services through emergency accommodation in the region during the reporting month, via the Pathway Accommodation and Support System (PASS). Does not include the 'hidden homeless'. Source
Private Emergency Accommodation (PEA)
Commercial emergency accommodation such as hotels and B&Bs, paid for by the local authority on an emergency basis.
Supported Temporary Accommodation (STA)
Emergency accommodation, including hostels, with onsite professional support.
Temporary Emergency Accommodation (TEA)
Emergency accommodation with no, or minimal, onsite support.
Homeless region
One of 9 regions defined under Chapter 6 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, each with a designated Lead Local Authority responsible for the region's Homelessness Action Plan and funding.

Before you use these figures

  • Counts people in emergency accommodation, not all homeless people: These figures count adults and families accessing homeless services through emergency accommodation, recorded through the Pathway Accommodation and Support System (PASS). They exclude people considered the 'hidden homeless' — people in squats, couch-surfing, or staying with family or friends — and do not capture homelessness-prevention work that keeps someone out of the figures entirely. A fall in this number can mean fewer people becoming homeless, or more people being kept out of emergency accommodation by prevention work; the figures alone do not say which.
  • Accommodation-type figures overlap and must not be summed: The counts of people accessing Private Emergency, Supported Temporary, Temporary Emergency and Other Accommodation do not reliably add up to the region's Total Adults figure — checked directly across the full history, they match in only 69% of region-months, and Dublin and the South-West (the two busiest regions) mismatch by up to 22%. This is consistent with people moving between accommodation types within a single reporting month and being counted against more than one. The headline figure shown here is therefore the region's own published Total Adults, not the sum of the four categories below — which is why they will not add up to it.
  • Published under CC-BY-SA 4.0 (ShareAlike): Unlike most sources in this project (plain CC-BY 4.0), DHLGH publishes these figures under CC-BY-SA 4.0. ShareAlike can impose reciprocal licensing obligations on derivative work; check licence compatibility before mixing this dataset into anything distributed under different terms.
  • Citizenship breakdown only available from April 2022: DHLGH added an Irish / EEA-UK / Non-EEA citizenship breakdown to these reports from the April 2022 release onward. It is not available, and is not backfilled, for earlier months.
  • Latest figure: July 2026 — 3 months old: This dataset is published monthly and the publisher hasn't released anything newer. Nothing is missing from this page.
  • Published for homeless region, not for Sligo: DHLGH publishes homelessness figures for the North-West region, which wholly contains Sligo, not for the county on its own. Published together with: Donegal, Leitrim.

Cite this figure:

Total adults in emergency accommodation — North-West
177 for North-West (a wider area than Sligo), July 2026
Caveats: Counts people in emergency accommodation, not all homeless people; Accommodation-type figures overlap and must not be summed; Published under CC-BY-SA 4.0 (ShareAlike); Citizenship breakdown only available from April 2022; Latest figure: July 2026 — 3 months old; Published for homeless region, not for Sligo
StatsMapped last checked this figure against the publisher's own data file on 18 Sep 2026.
Source: DHLGH Homelessness Reports
https://statsmapped.com/ireland/county/donegal/homelessness-total-northwest

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