COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
QUESTION NO. 5
QUESTION: Councillor M. McDonagh
To ask the Manager for the number of households removed from the housing list in 2011 from the Clondalkin ward on the grounds that they were in RAS accommodation and the reason for these removals?
REPLY:
Under Section 19 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 a household accommodated by way of the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) is classified as a Social Housing Supported Tenant and is considered therefore to be in receipt of Social Housing Support. However provision has been made for existing RAS tenants only who were appointed to their tenancy prior to 1st August 2010 to apply for inclusion on a new transfer list. This will be known as the RAS Fixed Transfer List. This means that RAS tenants can apply to be considered for a transfer to another form of social housing support if they so wish, for example – a Council owned property, a Council leased property, Voluntary Housing etc. Applicants on this list will be prioritised by date of their original housing application.
South Dublin County Council contacted 729 such RAS tenants on 4th November 2011, who were still active on the Council's Housing List to inform them of the cancellation of their housing list application and issued an application form for the RAS Fixed Transfer List to be returned by 25th November 2011 for inclusion on same. 278 RAS tenants were cancelled who have addresses in the Clondalkin area. 306 RAS tenants applied for inclusion on the RAS Fixed Transfer List 80 of which have addresses in the Clondalkin area.