Sophia Housing is operating the new Cill Bride Centre.
Up to twenty people at a time will be housed in a new emergency accomodation site in Tullamore.
Sophia Housing is currently operating the new Cill Bhríde centre on the former Clonamore House Hotel site.
Residents have their own en suite room for privacy with two dedicated on-site support staff trained in social care who have experience with homelessness.
The company believes it will exceed it's target of providing 100 homes for over 200 people in the Midlands by this time next year - which includes ongoing projects in Portlaoise and Portarlington.
CEO of Sophia Housing Tony O'Riordain says the centre is a first step to finding their own home: