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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, May 11, 2015

QUESTION NO. 11

QUESTION: Councillor E. Ó Broin

To ask the Chief Executive for a report on homelessness in the county detailing; the number of households presenting as homeless each month since the start of 2015; the accumulative total number of households listed as homeless at the end of each month since the start of the year; the accumulative total number of households from the SDCC housing list in emergency accommodation at the end of each month since the start of the year; the accumulative total number of households from the SDCC list on the waiting list for emergency accommodation at the end of each month since the start of the year; and for each of these categories to be broken down by single personal households and households with children and the total number of children for each category?

REPLY:

The following is the inflrmation sought in relation to Homelessnessfor South Dublin County:

No. presenting to Homeless Services Unit since 1st January 2015:

  Jan 15  Feb 15  Mar 15  Apr 15 
Unique Individuals / Families  238  233  185  224 

No. Households listed as homeless per month (accumulative) since 1st January 2015:

   Jan 15 Feb 15  Mar 15  Apr 15 
Unique Individuals / Families 233  244  266  287 

No. registered homeless residing in emergency accommodation per month (accumulative) since 1st January 2015:

  Jan 15  Feb 15  Mar 15  Apr 15 
Unique Individuals / Families    233  244  266  287

No. families assessed as imminently at risk since 1st January 2015:

   Jan 15    Feb 15    Mar 15    Apr 15    Total
 Assessed imminently @ risk    36  21  12  11  80
 Placed (Hotel / B&B)  24  12  4  1  41
 Refused Placement  3  0  0  0  3
 No placement available (Did not return to service)  5  3  3  0  11
 Currently staying with family / friends or Refuge  1  3  5  10  19
 Alt Accomm - excl. from placement  0  2  0  0  2
Subsequently Housed (Social, AHB, HAP, PRA)  3  1  0  0  4

Breakdown of unique households registered homeless (accumulative) since 1st January 2015:

  Jan 15   Feb 15   Mar 15   Apr 15  
Single Male   140  143  154  156
Single Male (eligible for 2bed)  N/A  N/A  N/A  16
Single Female  26  29   27   30 
Couples  7  7  7  6
Families  60  65  79  79

No. of children currently residing in Hotel or B&B Accommodation as at 30th April 2015:

SDCC currently has 79 families (with 206 children) placed in hotel or B&B accommodation across the Dublin Region.  All families placed in emergency accommodation (incl. hotels) are referred to Focus Ireland New Presenters Team for assessment and care planning in order identify all housing options available to families and support them out of homeless services. 

No. of Homeless Allocations (incl. breakdown of families housed from Hotel/B&B accommodation) since January 2015:

SDCC made 33 allocations to applicants registered homeless during the period 01/01/2015 to 30/04/2015 with 18 of these allocations (which represents 27 adults & 43 children) to families placed into Hotel / B&B accommodation.