COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
QUESTION NO. 7
QUESTION: Councillor M. Ward
"To ask the Chief Executive to provide a report indicating the number of families (and the total number of children) on the waiting list for four bedroom dwellings, what list they are on, homeless, standard and medical priority, the length of time each family is on the list and how many four bedroom dwellings became available to the Council in the last 12 months."
Housing
REPLY:
The table below show numbers of families on the social housing waiting list with a requirement for four bedroom accommodation.
|
CATEGORY |
FAMILIES |
CHILDREN |
TIME ON LIST |
|
General Housing List |
173 |
968 |
|
|
General Transfer List |
47 |
258 |
|
|
Homeless |
14 |
85 |
Since July 2015 |
|
Medical Standard |
25 |
106 |
Since 2004 |
|
Medical Ground Floor |
9 |
46 |
Since 2008 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTALS |
268 |
1463 |
|
In the last 12 months 16 four bedroom dwellings have been allocated as follows:-
|
Allocation Reason |
No. |
|
CBL (applicant on list since Oct 2000 – this was their first use of CBL) |
1 |
|
Homeless |
4 |
|
Medical |
7 |
|
Priority |
4 |
The table below shows length of time on Housing and Transfer lists, please note the majority of those five years plus on the housing waiting list have been given access to ASH (Applicant Sourced Homes) or RAS and are eligible for HAP. There have been five refusals of offers from those 13+ years on the housing waiting list, two of these under CBL. The Council has advertised 5 four bedroom dwellings under CBL since it’s introduction in October 2011.
|
YEARS ON LIST |
HOUSING LIST |
TRANSFER LIST |
|
16 |
1 |
|
|
15 |
1 |
|
|
14 |
1 |
1 |
|
13 |
4 |
|
|
12 |
5 |
|
|
11 |
22 |
|
|
10 |
13 |
1 |
|
9 |
25 |
2 |
|
8 |
11 |
2 |
|
7 |
14 |
4 |
|
6 |
29 |
7 |
|
5 |
8 |
2 |
|
4 |
10 |
7 |
|
3 |
12 |
10 |
|
2 |
10 |
5 |
|
1 |
6 |
4 |
|
Less than 1 |
1 |
2 |