COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE (1)
Monday, April 23, 2012
QUESTION NO. 12
QUESTION: Councillor D. Looney
"To ask the Manager for a report on the statistics relevant to the Choice-Based Letting, Applicant Sourced Housing and the overall Social Housing Leasing Initiative for the area under the remit of this Committee, broken down to the lowest level available, and to make a statement on the progress being made in meeting housing need in this area?"
REPLY:
A total of 299 expressions of interest have been received in respect of privately owned properties in the Tallaght electoral area under the Social Housing Leasing Initiative of which 44 are through the Applicant Sourced Homes(ASH) scheme. This includes 11 properties which were eligible under the Rental Accommodation Scheme(RAS) in so far as the tenants are in receipt of social welfare rent supplement payment for in excess of eighteen months.
To date 81 properties(including 3 RAS eligible cases) have been procured through lease arrangements, of which 11 are ASH and the properties made available for tenanting. A further 14 properties including 5 ASH cases are currently in process. The remainder of the 299 expressions of interest were closed as either agreement could not be reached with the property owner or the property was not suitable.
The ASH programme which initially commenced in late 2010 was temporarily suspended to facilitate the implementation of Choice Based Letting (CBL). Since CBL is now firmly in place and running successfully the further rollout of the ASH programme in tandem with CBL was recommenced in March 2012 as mechanisms in the provision of housing to meet the needs of persons on the social housing waiting lists. To date 120 letters have issued to housing applicants South of the Naas Road in order of housing list position in reference to demand for house size. This is done in the interest of fairness to all applicants and to avoid inflation of the rental market for any particular house type.
To date 22 responses have been received from the 120 letters issued.
It is planned to continue the implementation of the ASH scheme by offering the ASH option over a period of time in batches of 60/100 to all applicants on the housing list.
With regard to the Choice Based Letting Scheme (C B L) full implementation commenced on 14/10/2011 and it is now fully operational and very successful. Voluntary Housing Associations have also agreed to be included in the scheme.
To date 97 dwellings have been advertised countywide - 67 for South of the Naas Road and 30 for North of the Naas Road housing areas - broken down as follows:-
| SIZE OF DWELLING | 1 BEDROOM | 2 BEDROOM | 3 BEDROOM | TOTAL |
| SDCC - NORTH OF NAAS ROAD | 4 | 16 | 9 | 29 |
| SDCC - SOUTH OF NAAAS ROAD | 4 | 25 | 29 | 58 |
| VHA – NORTH OF NAAS ROAD | 1 | 1 | ||
| VHA – SOUTH OF NAAS ROAD | 1 | 8 | 9 | |
| 9 | 50 | 38 | 97 |
All dwellings have received expressions of interest with an average 71 per dwelling.