Mr. John-Mark McCafferty:

It is called the "double deficit" because there is a deficit in data planning and a deficit in the provision with regard to older people and housing. There is an increasing risk of homelessness among older people because of their particular vulnerabilities. A large proportion of those in the private sector are ageing into that cohort. As the Deputy will have heard at the launch, landlords are reluctant to house older people because of the care needs they may have. That information was offered by the landlord representative body. It is a challenge. We will work with Alone to build up a coalition of people to have ongoing conversations, policy development and policy implementation on addressing the particular homelessness risk inherent in being older, having care needs and being predominately on lower incomes. All those issues are coalescing.