Charity helps record number of households avoid homelessness despite Covid challenges

Focus Ireland helped a record number of households to avoid homelessness or find a secure home, its annual report has found. Picture: PA

Focus Ireland helped a record number of 1,829 households to avoid homelessness or find a secure home, its annual report has found.

The charity, at its 2020 annual report launch, said that more than 1,359 households were supported to settle into a new home and a further 470 households were supported in keeping their homes.