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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, January 14, 2019

QUESTION NO. 22

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 and 2018 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:

The tables below detail:

  1. the number of allocations made through Choice Based Letting (CBL) between 2015-2018 by housing need (i.e. no. bedrooms required), area (i.e. North of the Naas Road (NNR) & South of the Naas Road (SNR), and year;
  2. the current number of applicants waiting on accommodation by area and housing need;  
  3. the average waiting time for allocations made through Choice Based Letting (CBL) in 2018 by housing need and area.

1.  CBL Allocations 2015 to 2018:

CBL  ALLOCATIONS  2015-2018

Area

NNR

SNR

NNR

SNR

NNR

SNR

NNR

SNR

NNR

SNR

TOTAL

 

1 Bedroom

2 Bedroom

3 Bedroom

4 Bedroom

Area Total

Area Total

TOTAL

2018

4

2

11

21

26

82

2

2

43

107

150

2017

4

6

10

25

21

6

1

0

36

37

73

2016

3

6

25

26

18

15

0

2

46

49

95

2015

0

1

3

34

4

13

0

0

7

48

55

 2. No. of Current Social Housing Applications: 

Housing List by Areas of Preference

 

TOTAL*

NNR

SNR

1 Bedroom

2,917

1,605

2,153

2 Bedroom

2,766

1,694

1,970

3 Bedroom

1,385

933

917

4 Bedroom

167

115

114

*It should be noted that some applicants have opted for both housing areas.

3. Average waiting time (years) for applicants applications housed through CBL in 2018:-

CBL AVERAGE COUNTYWIDE NNR AVERAGE SNR AVERAGE
1 BED 11 11 11
2 BED 11 11 10
3 BED 11 12 11
4 BED 13 12 14