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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, March 12, 2007

QUESTION No. 10

QUESTION: Councillor E. Tuffy

To ask the  Manager to give an updated report  on the numbers currently on the Council's waiting list for affordable housing their applications having being approved, including how many on the respect of lists for north and south of the Naas Road and in addition how many applicants that have applied for the Council's affordable housing schemes are currently awaiting approval of their applications ?

REPLY

There are currently a total of 785 applicants on the Affordable Housing List.  This comprises 459 applicants on the list for North of the Naas Road and 574 applicants on the list for South of the Naas Road.(a number of applicants are on both lists).   There are approximately  250 applicants awaiting approval for inclusion on the Affordable List. In addition to the foregoing, to date (5/03/07) , a total of 205 applicants have responded to the most recent affordable housing initiative i.e 113 units being purchased by the Affordable Homes Partnership and are awaiting approval.