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Cork’s Single Adult Housing Crisis | Cork News
Cork’s housing crisis is hitting single adults hardest—over 80% of emergency shelter residents are now solo, with fewer than 5% finding permanent homes. Waiting lists stretch for years, and when housing opens up, it’s often three-bedroom family units. Private rentals are unaffordable or nonexistent, while boarded-up homes sit unused. Anxiety mounts as people fear being trapped in shelters forever, unable to stabilize their lives. In just three years, homelessness among single adults surged by 60%, while exits from homelessness plummeted. Prevention efforts are failing—five people fall into…
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