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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, July 13, 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 through to the end of June; 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; to further provide the total number of housing allocations made by SDCC from Jan to June this year and the number of these allocations that went to households in emergency accommodation.

REPLY:

The following is the information sought in relation to Homelessness for South Dublin County:

No. presenting to Homeless Services from 1 January 2015

  Jan 15 Feb 15 Mar 15 Apr 15 May 15 June 15
Unique Individuals/ Families   238   233   185   224   240 236

The Council do not keep details of adults and children in a manner possible to report on without undertaking a large body of manual work.   Currently this is not possible

No. of households listed as Homeless (accumulative) from 1 January 2015

  Jan 15 Feb 15 Mar 15 Apr 15 May 15 June 15
Unique Individuals / Families   233   244   266   287   294 252

Breakdown of households listed as Homeless from 1 January 2015

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May June
  233 244 266 287 294  252
Single Male 140 143 154 156 159 133
Single Female 26 29 27 30 32 31
Couples 7 7 6 6 6 4
Family 60 65 79 95 97 84

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

  Jan 15 Feb 15 Mar 15 Apr 15 May 15 June 15
Unique Individuals / Families  233  244  266 287 294 252

 No. of families assessed as imminently at risk

  Jan 15 Feb 15 Mar 15 Apr 15 May 15 June 15
Assessed as "imminently at risk"  36  21  12  11    31  47

In relation to the allocation of accommodation it is not possible to give a comprehensive review on a monthly basis without undertaking a large body of manual work.  However the cumulative figures in relation to allocations are as follows.  It should be noted that the council is meeting its obligation under the Minister’s directive to make 50% of all allocations available to homeless or vulnerable applicants. 

LA Lettings Homeless Vulnerable RAS Terminations Transfers Standard ASH RAS Lettings
67 22 18   7 20    
               
AHB              
26 18 4 4        
               
RAS              
89   1 24     8 56
               
182 40 23 28 7 20 8 56