Last month alone 77 families were made homeless, including 155 children.
In the first seven months of this year, 466 families contacted Focus Ireland – compared to 485 for all of 2014.
Katie was made homeless after her landlord increased the rent to levels she could not afford.
She says that she never thought that she and her kids would be homeless for so long.
“At first I think it was booked on a two week basis, so at the end of the two weeks I had no idea where I was going to be put or where I was going to go” she said.
“Before this happened I was in college and I had hoped that by September I would be settled again and be able to return to college – but it doesn't seem as though that's going to happen”.
“I feel like my whole life has been put on hold, and the children's lives have been put on hold”, she added.
