New Government figures show increase in homelessness across Galway

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Galway Bay fm newsroom - New figures from the Department of Housing show a rise in homelessness across Galway.

The latest report for November shows there are 326 people recorded as homeless across the city and county.

That's a increase of 8 percent on the figure of 302 recorded during October.

It's also a more significant increase of over 20 percent since November 2018.

Nationally, there were 10,448 people without a home during November - a very marginal decrease since October.

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