Headed Items
HOUSING SUPPLY UPDATE
BUILD RENTAL AHB PART V LEASING
RESPONSES TO HOMELESSNESS
HOUSING INTEGRATED SYSTEM UPDATE
Motions
Mayors Business
We call on the Chief Executive to explore the use of the St. Michaels Estate funding model for similar projects in South Dublin.
Mayors Business
That this Council calls on the Chief Executive to produce a map of all potential small infill housing plots in the County and furthermore calls on members to assist the Chief Executive in producing this map using their local knowledge.
That this Council promotes the potential of home sharing initiatives such as thehomeshare.ie which is a social enterprise based in this country.
Given the current Housing Crisis which is most severe in the Dublin Region, the elected members direct that the Chief Executive formally write to the Minister for Housing with a proposition for a Pilot Housing Scheme(s) involving appropriate support from the Minister that would enable SDCC, alone or in collaboration with one or more Recognised Housing Agencies, to acquire residential land, in one or a number of plots, either by land swop or through purchase, so as to build 750 to 1000 Social and Affordable Housing units, as a matter of urgency, for persons on the current SDCC Housing list.
Due to the nature of the housing crisis it is difficult to find a house unless you have Homeless HAP. This council agrees to write to the Minister asking that he re-examines the HAP rates so that people on normal HAP can find homes quicker and stop them entering into homelessness. Until such a time that rent controls are brought in and enforced for existing properties and new rentals.
With house prices and rents in the private sector spiralling out of control, we ask the Minister for Housing to look at extending the income threshold for eligibility for a council home, Increasing the €35,000 threshold for single people to €45,000 and the €42,000 for couples to €60.000. We commit to writing to the Minister for Housing
That this Council calls on the Chief Executive to remove the requirement “All applicants are required to include with their grant application, proof that they are compliant with the local property tax.” From the conditions of applications on the following grant schemes.
- Housing Aid for Older People Scheme
- Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a disability.
- Mobility Aids Housing Grant Scheme
The elected members of this council, in light of the Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy’s statement that money is available for the council building on public land, request that the Chief Executive immediately makes plans for large sites (minimum 100 units) and make applications to the Department to draw down this money. This would involve using public land to build a combination of local authority housing and affordable housing for those not able to afford a house on the private market.
This Council does not support statements regarding the "gaming of the system" or "years of bad behaviour" by senior housing officials in the Dublin Regional Housing Executive.
South Dublin County Council has changed its policy regarding the allocation of housing to those currently accessing homeless services through hubs, hotels or other means.
This Council regards hubs and hotels as a short term emergency measure and recognises the work and studies carried out by Focus Ireland and others regarding the negative impact of homelessness, hubs and hotels on the development and mental health of children and adults.
It is our position that HAP does not offer a secure, quality accommodation, or a value for money solution for homelessness.
This Council calls for a defined percentage of all available homes for allocation to be reserved for families currently in long term emergency accommodation in hubs, hotels and hostels based on their time in homelessness.