Homeless Accommodation

Who is a Homeless Person?

A homeless person is defined in section 2 of the Housing Act, 1988, as a person, who, in the opinion of the local authority concerned:

(a) has no accommodation available which he or any other person who normally resides with him, or might reasonably be expected to reside with him, can reasonably occupy or remain in occupation of,

OR

(b) is living in a hospital, county home, night shelter or other such institution because he does not have accommodation of the kind referred to in (a).

AND

is unable to provide accommodation from his own resources.

This means that persons who have no accommodation available to them and persons living in night shelters etc. solely because they have no other accommodation may be regarded as homeless by the local authority where they are unable to provide accommodation from their own resources.

Roscommon Homeless Action Plan 2008 - 2011

The Roscommon Homeless Forum was set up in July 2001 to address the issue of homelessness in County Roscommon. An Action Plan was developed by the Homeless Forum to provide a coherent response to homelessness in the County. This action plan was an inter-agency response which was developed in line with Government Policy.

The Roscommon Homeless Action Plan 2008 - 2011 was adopted in 2008.

Roscommon Homeless Action Plan 2008 - 2011.pdf (size 196.3 KB)