Housing agency helped 183 families with emergency accommodation last year

Focus Ireland said it helped a record number of 1,790 households to avoid homelessness or leave homelessness. Picture: Yui Mok/PA Wire

The Respond Housing Agency helped 183 families with emergency accommodation and support last year — including 184 children aged five or younger, 25 pregnant women, and nine people with new-born babies.

The organisation, which launches its annual report today, said it has now supported 486 families since it opened a homeless hub service in 2016. The average length of stay in Respond’s family homeless service last year was 6.7 months.