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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, July 14, 2014

QUESTION NO.36

QUESTION: Councillor E. Ó Broin

To ask the Chief Executive the total number of households on the housing list who are in receipt of rent supplement and to break this figure down by those in receipt of rent supplement less than 6 months, from 6 to 12 months, from 12 to 18 months and more than 18 months?

REPLY:

There are currently 8,029 application on the Council’s housing waiting list, of these 4,548 are in receipt of rent supplement.  The table below shows length of time applicants are in receipt of rent supplement:-

Less than 6 months 6 to 12 months 12 to 18 months More than 18 months TOTAL
24 122 534 3868 4548

Please note there are some housing applications of less than 6 months who are yet to confirm that they were successful in receiving rent supplement as a housing assessment in a pre-requisite, in the main, to apply for same.