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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, September 10, 2018

QUESTION NO. 30

QUESTION: Councillor M. Ward

To ask the Chief Executive for a report on homelessness within SDCC. This report should include a quarterly breakdown from Jan 2017 to date on the number of homeless males, females, couples, families, under 18s and over 65s and what size property they are eligible for?

REPLY:

The following gives the details of the numbers of those registered as homeless with the Council for 2017 and to date in 2018. Information is provided on the type of accommodation needed e.g 1/2/3/4 bedrooms.

Individuals aged under 18 (not part of families) are not eligible for social housing support from South Dublin County Council.

2018

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

No. of Registered Homeless

488

515

550

653

627

601

618

 

 

 

 

 

Single Male

224

229

222

279

259

242

251

 

 

 

 

 

Single Female

53

48

48

67

60

59

63

 

 

 

 

 

Couples

10

10

11

11

8

6

7

 

 

 

 

 

Families

201

228

269

296

300

294

297

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

No. of Registered Homeless

488

515

550

653

627

601

618

 

 

 

 

 

1 bed

259

263

254

329

289

266

277

 

 

 

 

 

2 bed

129

145

165

178

182

186

190

 

 

 

 

 

3 bed

80

86

109

121

129

166

120

 

 

 

 

 

4 bed

20

21

22

25

27

33

31

 

 

 

 

 

*Due to the processing of outstanding documentation and the ongoing SHA 2018, there may be a fluctuation of figures for registered homeless from April - June

2017

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

No. of Registered Homeless

437

447

459

469

461

416

462

465

447

459

466

475

Single Male

192

193

201

202

204

181

207

210

207

203

221

223

Single Female

48

46

51

52

54

46

47

50

48

47

48

53

Couples

2

2

2

2

4

7

10

11

11

10

10

10

Families

195

206

205

213

199

182

198

194

181

199

187

189

 

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun*

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

No. of Registered Homeless

437

447

459

469

461

416

462

465

447

459

466

475

1 bed

230

233

239

247

252

222

250

255

253

249

255

258

2 bed

103

108

109

109

96

79

98

103

98

105

113

121

3 bed

88

90

94

94

95

93

91

84

74

82

76

74

4 bed

16

16

17

19

17

22

23

23

22

23

22

22

* The Homeless Register was reviewed at end of June/start of July 2017 during the HNA/SHA 2017 process which resulted in a fluctuation in the number of applicants with homeless priority.