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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, September 09, 2019

QUESTION NO. 41

QUESTION: Councillor L. O'Toole

To ask the Chief Executive to report on the total number of people on the housing waiting list which require specially adapted houses for disability and a breakdown between independent residents and families. 

REPLY:

There are currently 439 housing list or transfer list applicants who have been awarded medical priority (of which 107 applications represent single individuals) with a further 277 single individual applicants who are deemed to require supported living accommodation.   (Supported living is defined as an arrangement whereby someone who already has, or who requires their own tenancy, also has support from a “care and support” provider to help them live as independently and safely as possible, they may not be capable of sustaining a tenancy/living on their own.)

The breakdown of applications on the housing list with medical priority and/or requiring adapted dwellings is as follows:

 

Ground Floor Specific

Wheelchair Access Accessible

1 Bed Need (medical)

Total

Housing List

86

47

99

311

Transfer List

56

25

21

128

Supported List

     

277