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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, November 09, 2015

QUESTION NO.10

QUESTION: Councillor J. Lahart

To ask the Chief Executive  how many applicants are there on the Council's Housing list in 2015 and how many individuals this amounts to - how many applicants were on the Housing List in 2014 - and how many applicants he hopes to provide with houses in 2016

REPLY:

There are currently 8,818 applications for housing on the Council’s housing waiting list, these comprise of 23,224 individuals (11,578 Adults and 11,646 Children).  At 31/12/2014 there were 8,564 applications on list. 

It is not possible to say how many housing units will be avaialble in 2016 as it is due in the main to surrenders of exising stock and procurement of additional units through purchase or part 5.  However the table below shows lettings to housing List (inc. Homeless) for 2015 to end of September.  It does not include transfers.

Total number of allocations to Housing List applications @ 31/09/2015	202
Local Authority owned unit	90
Approved Housing Body unit	23
RAS/Leasing unit under LA control	89