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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, July 13, 2020

QUESTION NO. 3

QUESTION: Councillor Teresa Costello

To ask the Chief Executive how many people are on the medical priority housing list who require wheel chair adapted properties can you break down by the length of time they are on the list.  Is there supports available to these people in helping them find suitably adapted HAP properties while waiting to be housed 

REPLY:

The following table gives details of the 67 current housing and transfer applications that require wheelchair accessible properties:

Housing Need	Number of Applications	Average Time on List (Years)
1 Bed	19	4.66
2 Bed	13	4.09
3 Bed	22	6
4 Bed	13	7.15
Total	67	5.5

The Council is committed to providing additional specially adapted homes both through our social housing construction programme and in conjunction with Approved Housing Bodies to meet the needs of these households.

Our Allocations & HAP staff will also support households seeking wheelchair accessible properties through HAP where possible but ultimately the responsibility for such arrangements lies with the applicant.