To ask the Minister for Communities how many individuals and families, that were defined as homeless or in housing stress, are currently in temporary accommodation.

The Housing Executive has informed me that as of 23rd April 2021, there were a total of 3,276 households who were in temporary accommodation provided by the Housing Executive. Of those 3,276 households, 3,160 households were accepted as statutorily homeless. The remaining 116 households were still awaiting a decision on their homelessness application and temporary accommodation was being provided as part of the Housing Executive interim duty.

It should be noted that these figures are taken from a live database and include placements made while homelessness applications are being assessed to determine if the statutory threshold is met.