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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, July 14, 2014

QUESTION NO.22

QUESTION: Councillor C. King

To ask the Chief Executive to state the current number of people on our Homeless list and what their current accommodation status is i.e hostels, hotels, couch surfing, rough sleeping etc and to categorise the number into Families and other?

REPLY:

185 individuals / families are on the Council's Homeless List as at the 30th June 2014.  Table 1.1 below sets out housing requirement for Homeless applicants as follows:

1.1     Profile of Homeless List - Housing Requirement

Housing Requirement  No. of Applicants
1 Bed  141
2 Bed  24
3 Bed  14
4 Bed  6

Table 1.2 sets out the current accommodation status of individuals and families placed into emergency accommodation by this Council:

1.2     Profile of Homeless List - Emergency Bed Placements (Type)

 Emergency Bed Placement  No. of Applicants 
 Supported Temporary Accommodation (STA) & Temporary Emergency Accommodation (TEA)  112
 Private Emergency Accommodation (PEA) - B&Bs including Hotels  49
 Semi-Permanent On-site Supported Accommodation - Sophia / Sonas Housing  7
 Aftercare (Young persons leaving state care)  5
 Detox Clinic  4
 Women's Refuge  4
 Residential Care Unit  2
 Prison  1
 Sleeping Rough / Accessing Freephone Services  1