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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, March 08, 2021

QUESTION NO. 8

QUESTION: Councillor M. Johansson

To ask the Chief Executive to provide the average time on list for new allocations in 2020 broken down by number of beds and Nth/Sth of Naas Rd?

REPLY:

The table below shows the average time on the list in years in respect of all 498 applicants from the housing list that were allocated accommodation in 2020, broken down by home size and area of allocation (either North of the Naas Road (NNR) or South of the Naas Road (SNR)):

2020 Allocations

All

NNR

SNR

1 Bed

7.9

6.11

8.3

2 Bed

8.9

8.86

9

3 Bed

9.1

9.1

9.2

4 Bed

10.6

11.4

8.46

Overall

8.9

9

8.9

Choice Based Letting (CBL) has been the Council’s primary method of housing allocation since October 2011.  CBL allows applicants to remain on the housing list until they secure an allocation in a property in an area that they are interested in and therefore average waiting times as shown above do not necessarily reflect the time on the housing list of all applicants.