70% of people supported by Focus Ireland last year were families 

1,150 households were supported out of homelessness and 640 households avoided becoming homeless in the first place. File image. 

Families accounted for more than 70% of people supported out of homelessness by Focus Ireland last year. 

The charity helped a record 1,790 households to avoid or leave homelessness in 2019, according to its annual report.