Only 41 properties were available last month under the Housing Assistance Payment Scheme which sees landlords receive a part rental payment from the State.

The Simon Communities Ireland Report shows just 23 of those 41 properties were in Dublin with none available in Athlone, Cork City, Galway City, Sligo or Limerick City.

Wayne Stanley of Simon Communities Ireland says the figures are worrying as the moratorium on rental evictions will cease at the end of March...