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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

QUESTION NO. 14

QUESTION: Councillor F. Timmons

To ask that the Chief Executive issue a report into how many people are registered as Homeless in SDCC and what plans are under way to provide an additional Hostel-beds to meet these needs within our county ?

REPLY:

There are currently 588 households registered as homeless with this Council and the housing need of these households is as follows: 1-bed need=319; 2-bed need=123; 3-bed need=117; and, 4+bed need=29.

Together with the Dublin Regional Homeless Executive (DRHE), we continue to look for additional accommodation to meet the needs of those homeless within the County.  Properties with the potential to be utilised as Family Hubs or Emergency Accommodation for single adults will continue to be assessed as they become available but unfortunately to date there have been very limited opportunities to deliver hostel-type emergency accommodation within our administrative area.  However, the DRHE have added approximately 300 additional beds in facilities in the city centre in recent months that are available to any single persons from South Dublin who present as homeless.

Our Homeless Unit also continue to provide assistance to those who find themselves homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.  This Unit operates an advice clinic in County Hall and provides outreach and place-finding services across the County as well as detailing emergency accommodation options through central placement, self-accommodate, family hubs and other supported accommodation.  Staff in the homeless unit organise emergency accommodation for those assessed as homeless through the Assessment and Placement Service.    Additional options to support persons moving on from supported temporary accommodation continue to be explored and we are also committed to the provision of housing first tenancies where appropriate.