One in three homeless people in the Cork area are children
According to figures released earlier this week by the Department of Housing and Planning, which show homelessness in on the increase Leeside
The new figures reveal that 269 people are now homeless in the city, that's up from 258 in December.
Cork Simon say more and more families are forced into emergency accommodation becuase of unaffordable rents and lack of social housing in the area.
Speaking to RedFM News Paul Sheehan from Cork Simon says children suffer the most when families become homeless.
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