COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
Monday, July 12, 2021
QUESTION NO. 11
QUESTION: Councillor Eoin Ó Broin
To ask the Chief Executive how many applications have been received and processed over the last five years under Part 1 Section 8 of the SDCC Housing Allocation Scheme, 'The Council will operate a Financial Contribution Scheme where Older Persons, who are owners of private dwellings and who find their existing dwelling too large for their needs, may apply for accommodation in designated Older Persons Dwellings subject to the payment of a financial contribution scheme?
REPLY:
The Council's Policy for Rightsizing and Allocation of Age Friendly Accommodation was adopted at the Council meeting in December 2020 and included a revised financial contribution scheme by way of the creation of a Community List. Recognising the growing requirement for age friendly housing amongst older persons owning private homes within local communities, applications from older persons in their own privately owned accommodation who wish to move to Council owned or supported designated age friendly accommodation will be considered for inclusion on a Community List subject to the following:
Since the adoption of the aforementioned policy, a number of queries in relation to the scheme have been received from private home owners and these queries will be progressed to develop applications for inclusion on the Community List where appropriate but no formal applications have yet been received.
No applications were received under the prior Financial Contribution Scheme in the previous five years.