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13th March 2021
There’s been a more than 10 percent jump in the number of homeless people in Clare so far in 2021.
75 people in Clare were registered as homeless by the Department of Housing at the end of the first month of 2021 – that’s up from 68 at the end of last year.
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More than half of people in the Midwest region, which for the purposes of homelessness figures includes Clare and Limerick, are aged between 25 and 44.
There are 29 families in the region in total seeking a home – 21 of these are single parent entities.
Clare County Council’s monthly management report suggests around half of those seeking a home are staying in emergency accommodation in Ennis, though 13 people presented to the local authority in January under the Homeless Action Team’s Winter Initiative.
A few of the Gov. Tim Walz’s most recent board appointments caught our eye. We thought we’d fill you in.
Court of Appeals Judge Louise Dovre Bjorkman has been appointed to another term on the Board of Judicial Standards. That’s the state agency that responds to conduct complaints about state court judges.
Her new term is effective on March 1 and expires on Jan. 6, 2025.
To the same board, the governor appointed as a public member Scott Sakaguchi, an Edina physician. Sakaguchi is a professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School’s Cardiovascular Division. A new appointee, his term also begins on March 1 and ends on Jan. 6, 2025.
Calls are being made to Clare County Council to extend the opening hours of its Homeless Action Team. The local authority says anyone currently sleeping rough in Clare has either declined the use of its services or has been discharged for posing a risk to others. 70 people across this county presented as homeless over […]