More than half of those availing of emergency accommodation in Clare are considered long term homeless.
A new audit of the local authority’s performance shows the majority of people in homeless shelters in this county, have been living there for over six months.
According to the National Oversight and Audit Commission, 59% of individuals residing in emergency accommodation in Clare are considered long term homeless, meaning they’ve spent at least six months in designated centres within the last year.
The report which monitors the performance of all local authorities, shows Clare County Council boosted its social housing stock by 99 units, to a total of 2,935.
At the end of 2025, approximately 3.38% of these dwellings were vacant, which amounts to roughly 99 again.
The data further shows that every time a tenant leaves a council house, it takes roughly 37.5 weeks to turn the property around for a new tenant at a cost of over €39,700.
The council also carried out inspections of 1,145 rental properties last year and found that over 76% failed to comply with building standards regulations, with just 424 deemed compliant.
