Another record homeless figure is expected to be confirmed later today.
Charities are reporting another rise in the numbers seeking emergency accommodation.
There were 12,441 men women and children without a home at the end of June.
Wayne Stanley - Executive Director of the Simon Communities of Ireland - solutions need to be found.
"What we need to start looking to now is the solutions. AS local authority social housing bodies start to deliver, and have been delivering, what we need to see is more and more of that property allocated to people who are experiencing homelessness and to start to see those numbers come down.
"That's the way forward. When it comes to people rough sleeping, we know that the answer to that is a home."
