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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, October 08, 2018

QUESTION NO. 12

QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor

To ask the Chief Executive to give details of the number of families applying for housing accommodation and also registering as homeless during the first eight months of this year and in responding will he confirm if he has plans to increase the number of staff in the Housing Department to deal with these challenges; will he give assurances in respect of this matter and will he make a statement.

REPLY:

In order to be considered for social housing in this County, applicants must submit a complete application form and following assessment may be considered eligible and placed on the Housing List.  There are currently 7,077 eligible applicants on the Council's social housing list with South Dublin County Council.

There were 475 applicants registered as homeless at end of December 2017 and although many of those exited homelessness through provision of housing, sourcing a HAP tenancy, returning home etc. since then additional presentations have resulted in a total of 640 applicants registered as homeless at the end of August 2018.  

Staff allocations are a matter for the Chief Executive and are regularly reviewed under the Council's Work Force Plan to ensure that all work streams including those under the Housing, Social and Community Development directorate have adequate resources.