The housing charity's Annual Impact Report for 2021 which is being launched today highlights how 69 people moved from homelessness to secure and independent housing with the help of the charity
Marking it's 50th anniversary Cork Simon's annual report revealed how it helped more people out of homelessness last year despite the chronic challenges of the housing crisis
The report also detailed how the charity has secured planning permission for a 78 unit apartment complex at Railway Street in the city centre - Cork Simon's biggest housing project to date
The charity's Emergency Shelter and Nightlight supported an average of 39 people per night last year
Cork Simon's Dermot Kavanagh said the last two years, in light of Covid, were probably the most difficult years in the history of the charity however he says against the odds, through partnership and cooperation, they managed to keep people safe, to move more people out of homelessness and reduce the numbers of people long-term homeless and sleeping rough last year
However he sounded a note of caution heading into the winter months and warned that with increasing cost-of-living pressures and continuing challenges in the housing market, more and more people will find themselves on the edge of homelessness.
He says the emergency shelter is full to capacity and while additional emergency accommodation is needed in the interim, an adequate supply of social and affordable housing is ultimately and urgently needed so that more people, can have the opportunity to regain their lives
