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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, January 09, 2017

QUESTION NO.18

QUESTION: Councillor F. Timmons

To ask for a report into Choice Based Lettings and to ask the Chief Executive to explain why homeless people cannot access same and to consider access for those registered as homeless to improve there chances of getting accommodation

REPLY:

Housing Applicants who have been awarded Priority Status cannot access the Choice Based Lettings System (CBL). Being awarded priority status gives applicants priority over other applicants on the housing waiting list. By giving applicants who have priority access to CBL the Council cannot guarantee their priority will be taken into account as allocations via CBL are based on a time on list basis. Such a move may serve to disimprove the situation for many applicants with priority status.

Families accommodated in Tallaght Cross who are in transition do have access to CBL as a method of providing quicker access to housing.

The Allocations Section at all times strives to achieve a fair distribution of allocations across the standard waiting list, medical priority list, homeless priority list and transfer lists.