COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
MOTION NO. 9
MOTION: Councillor G. O'Connell
That this Area Committee requests the manager responsible bring a detailed report (number on the housing list, to include single people, families (with numbers in family), length of time on list, number on homeless list) to this committee in relation to those seeking accommodation north of the N7, the numbers housed year to date in the Lucan LAC and the possible responses with timescale to the remainder and that the situation be discussed.
REPORT:
A total of 264 allocations have been made to those on the Council’s social housing waiting list up to 12/12/2018 – of these 20 were in the Lucan area categorised as follows:--
Homeless 9
CBL 8
Medical 3
The following is a breakdown of applications on the Council social housing waiting list with area of preference for North of the Naas Road :
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APPLICATIONS WITH A PREFERENCE FOR HOUSING IN THE NORTH OF THE NAAS ROAD HOUSING AREA |
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Family composition |
Family Nos. |
Average time on list |
|
1 Adult |
1,442 |
4 |
|
2 Adults |
159 |
4 |
|
3 Adults |
2 |
2 |
|
1 Adult + 1 Child |
933 |
4 |
|
1 Adult + 2 Children |
511 |
5 |
|
1 Adult + 3 Children |
170 |
5 |
|
1 Adult + 4 Children |
60 |
6 |
|
1 Adult + 5+ Children |
25 |
7 |
|
2 Adults + 1 Child |
255 |
4 |
|
2 Adults + 2 Children |
320 |
5 |
|
2 Adults + 3 Children |
194 |
6 |
|
2 Adults + 4 Children |
98 |
6 |
|
2 Adults + 5+ Children |
79 |
7 |
|
3 Adults + 2 Children |
2 |
4 |
|
3 Adults + 3 Children |
3 |
6 |
|
|
|
|
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TOTAL APPLICATIONS |
4,253 |
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The above table shows that the average time applicants are on the housing list. This gives details of the number of adults and children included in each application.
The following table shows the breakdown in terms of accommodation type and the average time on the housing list:
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APPLICATIONS WITH A PREFERENCE FOR HOUSING IN THE NORTH OF THE NAAS ROAD HOUSING AREA |
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Size of dwelling |
No. of Applications |
Average time on list |
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1 Bedroom |
1,591 |
4 |
|
2 Bedroom |
1,677 |
5 |
|
3 Bedroom |
874 |
6 |
|
4 Bedroom |
111 |
7 |
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TOTAL |
4,253 |
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A number of exceptionally long-term housing applicants have been accommodated this year in new developments in this county 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. So while the average time of those currently on the list is as above, the average time for those housed by SDCC may be longer.
Total on homeless list – 622 at 12/12/18
Of these, 453 applicants have included North of the Naas Road as an area of preference.
The breakdown is as follows:
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Bed need |
Numbers of homeless applicants who have included an area of preference of North of the Naas Road |
|
1 |
204 |
|
2 |
119 |
|
3 |
104 |
|
4 |
25 |
Please note that these figures are included in the overall housing list figure.