Editing Belfast (section)

==== Rough sleeping and homelessness ====
People can be found sleeping rough on the streets of the city centre. Numbers, while growing, may be comparatively small for a city of its size in the British Isles. In 2022, counts and estimates by the [[Northern Ireland Housing Executive]] identified a total of 26 rough sleepers in Belfast.<ref>{{Cite web |last=The Housing Executive |date=2024 |title=Rough sleeping: Tackling Rough Sleeping in Belfast |url=https://www.nihe.gov.uk/housing-help/homelessness/rough-sleeping |access-date=23 March 2024 |website=nihe.gov.uk |archive-date=13 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313200647/https://www.nihe.gov.uk/housing-help/homelessness/rough-sleeping |url-status=live }}</ref> This is against a background (in 2023) of 2,317 people (0.67% of residents) presenting as homeless, many of whom are in temporary accommodation and shelters.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Homeless Connect |date=21 September 2023 |title=Latest Homelessness Statistics show over 4,500 children living in temporary accommodation – Homeless Connect |url=https://homelessconnect.org/latest-homelessness-statistics-show-over-4500-children-living-in-temporary-accommodation/ |access-date=23 March 2024 |archive-date=23 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240323165545/https://homelessconnect.org/latest-homelessness-statistics-show-over-4500-children-living-in-temporary-accommodation/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Such figures, however, do not include all those living in severely overcrowded conditions, involuntarily sharing with other households on a long-term basis, or sleeping rough in hidden locations.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Gray |first1=Ann Marie |url=https://simoncommunity.org/assets/pdfs/Hidden-Homelessness_Report_FINAL_2022-03-04-122611_qzze.pdf |title=Hidden Homelessness in Northern Ireland |last2=Hamilton |first2=Jennifer |publisher=Simon Community, Ulster University |year=2022 |archive-date=23 March 2024 |access-date=23 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240323165545/https://simoncommunity.org/assets/pdfs/Hidden-Homelessness_Report_FINAL_2022-03-04-122611_qzze.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2 March 2022 |title=Northern Ireland's 'hidden homeless' living life in limbo |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-60576166 |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=BBC News }}</ref>