COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
Monday, January 15, 2018
QUESTION NO. 18
QUESTION: Councillor M. Ward
To ask the Chief Executive to provide a report on the amount of people housed through CBL on the 1 bed, 2 bed, 3 bed and 4 bed list in 2015, 2016, 2017 in total and both north and south of the Nass Road and how many people are currently waiting on 1 bed, 2 bed, 3 bed , 4 bed properties and what is the average waiting time for each on CBL?
REPLY:
South Dublin County Council introduced the Choice Based Letting (CBL) scheme in October 2011, the first allocation under the scheme being the 8th November 2011. At 31/12/2017 566 allocations have been made under CBL. Information below shows allocations through CBL in each size of accommodation, in total and by each housing area i.e. North of the Naas Road (NNR) and South of the Naas Road (SNR) for 2015, 2016 and 2017.
Information below also shows average waiting time for those successful CBL applicants by accommodation size.
At 31/12/2017 there were 8,176 applicants on the Council's social housing waiting list. The table below shows type of need of accommodation and preferred housing areas - please note some applicants have expressed interest in both areas.
CBL ALLOCATIONS COUNTYWIDE
|
YEAR |
1 BEDROOM |
2 BEDROOM |
3 BEDROOM |
4 BEDROOM |
TOTAL |
|
2015 |
1 |
41 |
19 |
0 |
61 |
|
2016 |
9 |
51 |
33 |
2 |
95 |
|
2017 |
10 |
34 |
30 |
1 |
75 |
|
TOTALS |
20 |
126 |
82 |
3 |
231 |
CBL ALLOCATIONS BY AREA
|
YEAR |
1 BEDROOM |
2 BEDROOM |
3 BEDROOM |
4 BEDROOM |
TOTAL |
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|
SNR |
NNR |
SNR |
NNR |
SNR |
NNR |
SNR |
NNR |
||
|
2015 |
1 |
0 |
38 |
3 |
13 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
61 |
|
2016 |
6 |
3 |
26 |
25 |
15 |
18 |
2 |
0 |
95 |
|
2017 |
6 |
4 |
24 |
10 |
6 |
24 |
0 |
1 |
75 |
|
TOTALS |
13 |
7 |
88 |
38 |
34 |
48 |
2 |
1 |
231 |
AVERAGE TIME ON LIST SINCE COMMENCEMENT OF CBL
| DWELLING SIZE | AVERAGE YEARS ON LIST |
| 1 Bedroom | 9 |
| 2 Bedroom | 7 |
| 3 Bedroom | 8 |
| 4 Bedroom | 10 |
APPLICATIONS ON THE SOCIAL HOUSING WAITING LIST AT 31/12/17
|
DWELLING SIZE |
NORTH OF THE NAAS ROAD |
SOUTH OF THE NAAS ROAD |
|
1 Bedroom |
1586 |
2247 |
|
2 Bedroom |
1950 |
2293 |
|
3 Bedroom |
1095 |
1112 |
|
4 Bedroom |
118 |
118 |