COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

MOTION NO. 23

MOTION: Councillor T. Ridge

That this Committee requests that a full briefing re.new housing policies be given to the next Clondalkin meeting.

REPORT:

The Council has recently been informed of 2 new Housing Policies by the DOEHLG.  These policies relate to the Housing Needs Assessment and the Allocations Scheme.  The Housing Needs Assessment relates to the criteria and eligibility of new applicants and the Allocation Scheme is essentially a new Scheme of letting Priorities that has to be adopted by the Council.   The Council at its last meeting agreed to arrange for an Advisory Committee of the Council to be set up to include members of each political grouping in the Chamber  to examine the new allocations scheme in line with the directive of the Department of the Environment Heritage and Local Government.  It was agreed as the correct approach having regard to the tight timeframe available to the Council as the new scheme has to be adopted by the 13th June 2011, the date of June Council Meeting. 

The Housing Department is currently working on a draft scheme to present using the current scheme of letting priorities as the base and incorporating the necessary changes as advised by the DOEHLG.  A meeting of the sub group has been convened for the 27thApril 2011. 

Meetings are currently taking place with the other Local Authorities in the Dublin Region in relation to the Assessment process and a full briefing will be made to the next meeting of the committee