More than 20 people were listed as homeless in Longford in June
The Department of Housing said there were 224 adults, and 117 children accessing emergency accommodation in the Midlands in June.
A total of 341 people availed of emergency accommodation in the Midlands during the month of June, according to new figures.
That data from the Department of Housing confirmed that there was a breakdown 224 adults, and 117 children.
The number of homeless people in Longford is now 22, while it is 58 in Laois, 60 in Westmeath and 84 in Offaly.
Nationally the cohort of people who do not have their own roof over their heads continues to rapidly rise with the numbers accessing emergency accommodation swelling to 17,482 in June.
According to official Central Statistics Office in 2016 there were 94 homeless people recorded across the entire Midland Region (which includes Longford, Westmeath, Laois, and Offaly).
Sinn Féin TD and party housing spokesperson Eoin Ó Broin recently claimed that more than 55,000 adults across the country have been forced into homelessness since the 2016 general election.
He stated that the figure does not include children or those in emergency accommodation funded by other government departments or those who receive no government funding.