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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, December 10, 2018

QUESTION NO. 3

QUESTION: Councillor D. Looney

To ask the Chief Executive for an update on the average time on list broken down for all categories of houses allocated to Council tenants, and to make a statement on the matter. 

REPLY:

The table below shows the average time on the social housing waiting list for all applicants housed through Choice Based Letting, Homeless and Medical in 2018:

Average of Time on List for 2018 Housing Allocations
Letting Type No. Lettings in 2018 Average Time on List (Years)
CBL-1 Bed 7 10.84
CBL-2 Bed 29 10.46
CBL-3 Bed 86 11.33
CBL-4 Bed 5 12.43
CBL Sub-Total 127 11.14
Homeless-1 Bed 8 6.12
Homeless-2 Bed 21 5.87
Homeless-3 Bed 44 7.79
Homeless-4 Bed 1 4.66
Homeless Sub-Total 74 7.02
Medical-1 Bed 8 6.54
Medical-2 Bed 20 6.25
Medical-3 Bed 18 7.83
Medical Sub-Total 46 6.92
Overall Total 247 9.12

The above table shows that the average waiting time of the 247 applicants housed in 2018 is just over 9 years.  A number of exceptionally long-term housing applicants have been accommodated this year in new developments through the Choice Based Letting system and it is apparent that some applicants are willing to remain on the housing list waiting for very specific areas/properties to become available through CBL which is increasing the average waiting time on the list.