A record 11,542 people are living in emergency accommodation in November 2022.
Figures from the Department of Housing show the total increased by 26% on November 2021.
The figures are usually released at the end of each month, but November's total was delayed because of Christmas.
🟥 Record 11,542 people registered as homeless in November 2022.
🔴 26% up on November 2021
🔴 Record number of homeless adults - 8,048
🔴 3,494 children growing up homeless🔴 Figures don't include refugees, asylum seekers, women in refuge centres or rough sleepers
— Ben Finnegan (@_BenFinnegan) January 6, 2023
It shows a record number of adults registered as homeless at 8,048.
There are also 3,494 children growing up in emergency accommodation.
November's total is a 1.2% increase on the figures given for October and is over 10,000 for the eighth month in a row.
The figures from the Department of Housing don't include refugees, asylum seekers, women in refuge centres, or rough sleepers.
