Peter McVerry Trust provides residential homeless accommodation to individuals, couples and families across Dublin, Kildare and Louth. Our services include 20 supported temporary accommodation (STA) services, providing over 600 emergency beds for adults, as well as 11 family homeless services with capacity to support up to 96 families.
We deliver these services in partnership with local authorities, the Dublin Region Homeless Executive, the HSE and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
Our primary aim is to support all those accessing our services to progress from homelessness. Our homeless accommodation services are generally modelled on a six-month placement. However, due to the ongoing housing crisis and the severe shortage of appropriate housing for single people and families, many are unable to move on within this timeframe. Working alongside the Local Authorities, we regularly extend placements beyond six months to ensure people are not left without shelter or access to vital supports.
Our keyworkers work with each person in our STA services to support them to access services they may need, from health and mental health, education, employment and addiction supports where required.
Our family homeless services are committed to ensuring that every child and family experiencing homelessness is supported through a rights‑based, trauma‑informed approach. Our keyworkers work with the families during this challenging period in their lives to support them to access the services they may need, including health, education and employment, community and family supports, with a focus on wellbeing and stability.
Throughout all of our homeless services, our focus remains on meeting people where they are, reducing harm, and supporting each person or family to move forward from homelessness with stability and hope.
