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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, September 22, 2014

QUESTION NO.3

QUESTION: Councillor B. Ferron

To ask the Chief Executive to provide a report outlining how many people are currently on the priority housing list after being certified qualified due to medical grounds. Can the chief executive please provide a breakdown by North and South of the M50 and also by year applicants first became eligible and are still waiting to be housed under these grounds. Can the Chief Executive also provide some statistics outlining how long the average person spends on this list prior to getting housed under this criteria?

REPLY:

The Council operate two medical approval list for housing i.e one for those requiring standard accommodation and one for those who require ground floor accommodation. The current number of applications with medical approval in respect of these list is outlined below. In respect of query in relation to average time on this it is not possible to give to this information as currently the Council is reliant on appropriate casual vacancies to accommodate applicants from these lists, and a casual vacancy may suit somebody from these lists it won't necessary meet the medical requirements of the highest person on the list.

                 
                 
                 

Applicants requiring ground floor accommodation with medical approval

       
                 
Requiring Ground Floor (most seeking level access showers) 33 50 39 12 134      
WHEELCHAIR Liveable required 9 14 23 6 52      
TRANSFERS(existing tenants who require transfer from their current social housing which is unsuitable to meet their housing needs) 10 26 10 5 51      
APPLICATIONS (awaiting social housing) 23 24 31 7 85      
Areas of Preference                
North 14 17 13 4 48      
South 14 24 15 4 57      
North & South 3 6 9 2 20      
South & North 2 3 4 2 11      
                 
                     

Applicants requiring standard accommodation with medical approval

       
                 
House Size 1-BED 2-BED 3-BED 4-BED TOTAL      
Housing Applications 3 12 19 8 42      
Housing Transfers 0 8 22 7 37      
Total 3 20 41 15 79      

The total of Applications + Transfers will differ from Requirement as some cases will have more than one requirement

     
                 
                 
Area of Preference                
House Size 1-BED 2-BED 3-BED 4-BED TOTAL      
North 0 9 17 6 32      
south 2 8 19 8 37      
North & South 1 1 4 1 7      
South & North 0 2 1 0 3      
  3 20 41 15 79