evidence: Housing shortages in Northern Ireland: The causes, effects and potential solutions [...] There were 45,292 people on the Housing Executive waiting list as of June — more than double the population of Omagh, the largest town in Co Tyrone. Of that number, 32,633 people are in ‘housing stress’ — in other words, in desperate need of a home — and, in 2021-22, 15,758 households presented as homeless.