Galway Bay fm newsroom - COPE Galway has called on the Government to prioritise the building of additional social housing.
In its pre-budget submission for Budget 2019, COPE Galway has also raised serious concerns about the number of new social housing units currently being built by local authorities.
The local charity last year supported 1,012 adults and 576 children affected by homelessness in Galway.
Latest figures reveal 499 in the West region were reported as homeless or in emergency accommodation at the end of June.
This includes 83 families with 207 children, and 163 single people.
There has also been an increase in the numbers of those aged 18-24 in the west region, up from 30 for the same week in 2017 to 39 this June.
Tune in at noon to hear more on this from Martin O’Connor of COPE Galway...
