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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, December 14, 2020

QUESTION NO. 6

QUESTION: Councillor T. Costello

To ask the chief executive how many people are on the housing list requiring wheelchair specific housing and how many houses are available or planned. Have any of these people waiting to be housed in wheelchair specific housing been able to secure a suitable HAP property

REPLY:

67 households currently included on the social housing list have specific need for suitable, wheelchair liveable properties.

37 ground floor wheelchair accessible apartments, comprising 15 one-bed and 22 two-bed homes, are included in our projected new housing delivery up to mid- 2021 - these homes, along with all homes deisgned and built by the Council, are wheelchair accessible in accordance with Part M (2010) of the Building Regulations (which requires that adequate provision be made for people to access and use a building, its facilities and its environs) and are being delivered in partnership with Approved Housing Bodies.

We continue to review projects under construction and potentially available through purchase or leasing for provision of additional specially adapted/wheelchair accessible homes and anticipate additional numbers being added to those outlined above in the coming months.  In addition, any wheelchair accessible properties in stock that become vacant are assessed for suitability for applicants.

There is no record of any HAP applicants having found suitable properties that we are aware of.