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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, October 11, 2021

QUESTION NO. 8

QUESTION: Councillor T. Costello

To ask the Chief Executive how many applicants currently on the housing list have never expressed interest in a property on CBL

REPLY:

Choice Based Letting (CBL) changed to a new platform in May this year following the introduction of new integrated housing system with applicants required to register on the new system to enable their ongoing use of the system to express interest in available properties.  

Of the over 8,500 applicants on either the Housing list and HAP transfer list who are eligible for CBL, more than 5,700 have engaged with CBL on the new system and successfully registered.  Since registering, 2,196 applicants have used the system to formally express an interest in at least one of the 149 properties advertised on the new platform since May.

Applicants with medical priority or older persons' priority do not currently engage with CBL due to their specific accommodation requirements.   In addition, even prior to the introduction of the new system, many social housing applicants have never expressed an interest in a property through CBL despite various communications from the Council in that regard.