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While an official calculation will be done in June this year, officials from the Ministry of Social Development and Family Services are reporting that the number of homeless persons may have decreased in recent years.
Speaking with reporters after a site visit at the Ministry’s assessment centre and temporary housing facility, South Quay, Port-of-Spain, yesterday morning, senior social work specialist Stacey Toussaint said that according to the most recent data gathered in 2023, there were 624 homeless people nationwide.
Of this figure, 235 were in Port-of-Spain, St James, Woodbrook and Diego Martin.
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