The number of people in emergency accommodation rose again last month to 17,308.
According to the Department of Housing, there were 11,851 adults and 5,457 children homeless last month.
It is a rise of 196 since January, when homelessness surpassed 17,000 (17,112) for the first time.
New rental rules mean that if a landlord takes new tenants after 1 March this year, they must be given a six-year lease.
Property owners have warned that the rules are forcing some landlords to leave the market.
The figures released today relate to February, before the new rental rules came into effect.
Last week, data from the State's Residential Tenancies Board showed that number of eviction notices issued by landlords rose by 41% in the last three months of 2025 compared to the same time a year earlier.
According to Dublin Simon, two households a day in the capital are given notice to terminate or face eviction or informal tenancy.
Hidden homelessness such as people who are couch surfing or sleeping in their cars are not included in the official Department of Housing figures.
The Government has committed to reviewing the Housing Assistance Payment programme, which charities have said requires an overhaul to prevent homelessness.
People Before Profit-Solidarity TD Richard Boyd Barrett noted that he has seen an increase in the number of families contacting his constituency office recently who are either trapped in homelessness or at risk of homelessness.
He said these cases seemed more seem more "intractable" because of a lack of three or four bedroom properties.
Tenancies have increased nationally - Taoiseach
The Taoiseach has said the number of tenancies has increased nationally across the country and there is always a "churn" in tenancies.
Micheál Martin was responding to data from the Residential Tenancies Board which showed the number of eviction notices issued by landlords rose by 41% in the last three months of 2025 compared to the same time a year earlier.
He said the Housing Commission made it absolutely clear that a reform of rent pressure zones was needed.
The Taoiseach said the reform gives certainty to the investment landscape and gives increased protections to tenants.
"There is no question that rent reforms with a six-year tenancy in particular ends no fault eviction," he said.
"In addition to that, it gives a landscape to investors to make sure we can get more apartments built," he added.
Mr Martin said the Government allocated about €9 billion to housing this year and an estimated €20 billion is required overall.
He said the private sector will have to take up a lot of that as well to get 50,000 houses built.
He said the Government's measures are balanced and must be seen in the context of other measures that have been taken.
"We had 36,000 houses built last year which is the highest in a long, long time so we are making progress," he said.
"But with population growth, it’s not enough yet," he added.
He said the Government will do everything possible to get "a sufficiency of houses" so that young people can buy a house that they can afford or a place that they can rent.
'Social catastrophe'
The Sinn Féin housing spokesperson Eoin Ó Broin said rents would "ratchet upwards" as a result of the new rent rules.
He estimated a rise of €3,000 - €5,000 in additional annual rent.
Deputy O'Broin said this would likely be seen month on month over time.
Among the actions that he said the Government needed to take was an emergency ban on no fault evictions.
The Social Democrats TD Rory Hearne echoed the need for a ban on no fault evictions.
He said the scale of the crisis was "a social catastrophe" and it was only going to get worse.
Deputy Hearne said the minister for housing was not prioritising homelessness.
He expressed extreme concern over child homelessness, which he described as "deeply, deeply concerning".
Labour’s Ciarán Ahern also expressed concern about child homelessness.
He said all Opposition parties on the left were in agreement that an emergency eviction ban needed to be put in place.
He said there were solutions but that the Government refused to act.
People Before Profit-Solidarity's Richard Boyd Barrett also called for the reintroduction of the eviction ban and for the prioritisation of removing people from homelessness.
He suggested the Government was "gaslighting" the public and the Oireachtas.
