Cork, Kerry Emergency Housing Rises 14%

Cork Simon Community’s 2025 report says people stayed an average of 58 days in its emergency shelter, with long-term homelessness occupying nearly two-thirds of beds; homelessness among adults in Cork and Kerry has risen 14% since January 2026, even as the charity helped some people move into housing. In a separate account from the Bristol area, a full-time mechanic describes the hidden daily work of sleeping in a car, securing water and clean clothes, and concealing signs of homelessness before going to work. Luna County, New Mexico, is holding a public forum on homelessness, local services and community responses, including plans for a navigation center offering basic resources, behavioral-health support and housing assistance. In Vietnam, a city government has announced a 2026 program aimed at eliminating homelessness, begging and disguised begging.