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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
Monday, October 11, 2021
HEADED ITEM NO. 4 d) (i)
Draft Report of the Meeting of the Housing Strategic Policy Committee held at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, 9 September 2021
The meeting was held virtually via Microsoft Teams.
In attendance:
Cllr. C. O’Connor (Chair); Cllr. J. Tuffy, Cllr D.McManus, Cllr. W. Carey, Cllr. L. Donaghy, S. Harty (PPN), G. Stockil (PPN) and B. Tyrrell-Collard (ICTU).
Apologies:
Cllr. K. Mahon, Cllr. D. O'Donovan,
Officials in attendance:
C. Ward, Director of Services; B. Pierce, Senior Executive Officer; N. Hanly, Senior Executive Officer; E. Leech, Senior Executive Officer; M. Murtagh, Administrative Officer; F. Keane, Senior Staff Officer.
The meeting was chaired by Cllr. C. O’Connor.
H1 Minutes of Housing SPC Meeting on 13th May 2021.
The minutes of the Housing Strategic Policy Committee meeting of 13th May 2021 were AGREED.
H2 Matters Arising
None.
H3 Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015
A document that was circulated at the request of the Council's Corporate Services Department in relation to the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 was brought to the attention of the Committee and NOTED.
H4 Housing for All Overview
C. Ward provided an overview of the recently launched national housing policy, Housing for All, and outlined potential impacts for the Council.
There were questions and contributions by Cllr. W. Carey, Cllr D. McManus and G. Stockil PPN which were responded to by C. Ward and the report was NOTED.
H5 Killinarden Mixed Tenure Housing Development
C. Ward provided a detailed overview of the proposed mixed tenure development at Killinarden that is the subject of a proposed land disposal under section 183 of the Local Government Act, 2001 as amended, at the Council meeting.
There were questions and contributions from Cllr. D McManus, G. Stockil and S. Harty which were responded to by C. Ward with the report then NOTED.
H6 Housing Supply Update (pre-record).
B. Pierce provided a pre-recorded update on Housing Pipeline including 2021 Projections & DHLGH Targets, Future Supply 2022+, Construction Programme, Age-Friendly Housing, Mixed Tenure, Large Capacity Sites and Potential Part V Yield
There were questions and contributions from Cllr. J. Tuffy and S. Harty which C. Ward responded to and the report was NOTED.
H7 Allocations Update (pre-record)
N. Hanly provided a pre-recorded update on Housing allocations and homeless data, including housing list numbers and a breakdown of the total number of applications received year to date. He also gave statistics on current numbers of applicants for Age Friendly Housing Demand & Rightsizing Opportunities.
Followign a contribution from G. Stockil, it was agreed to provide actual numbers of adults and children housed at the next Housing SPC and the report was NOTED.
H8 Open Data/ Integrated Housing System
N. Hanly delivered a report about the new Integrated Housing System outlining the different phases of the rollout and informed the committee about the system upgrade that is due to launch in October. He also shared a number of reports prepared by the new Data Analyst on CBL statistics and rehousing statistics.
There were contributions from Cllr. W. Carey and S. Harty. Members were assured that there would be reviews carried out on the new system with clear statistics on timelines. They were also assured that going forward, new properties advertised on CBL would have better specifications and the team will continue to enhance the particulars made available to CBL applicants.
The report was NOTED.
H9 Caravan Loan Scheme.
E. Leech referred to the report circulated and gave an overview of the Pilot Caravan Loan Scheme launched by the DHLGH. There has been significant interest in the scheme and several expressions of interest have already been received.
There were contributions from Cllr. McManus and S. Harty to which E. Leech responded and the report was NOTED.
H10 Healthy Homes Project.
C. Ward informed the committee that the Healthy Homes Officer has left her post to take up a new position and the post was due to be filled again imminently. It was reported that during her tenure, the original post holder had commenced in-depth personal assessments and there had been significant interest in the project. It was AGREED that the new post holder, when in situ, will be asked to provide and update to the Committee and that a formal reporting template on the key programme indicators would be provided on a quarterly basis.
H11 Estate Management/Community Development Review.
E. Leech provided a report outlining the upcoming strategic review of Estate Management and Community Development services taking place with consultants engaged to undertake this work.
The report was NOTED and it was AGREED that Cllr. K. Mahon and Ms. S. Harty PPN would participate in the stakeholder consultation on behalf of the Housing Strategic Policy Committee.
H12 Acquisitions Strategy
B. Pierce presented a report on the Council's Acquisitions Strategy and the updated approach following a recent DHLGH Circular.
Following contributions from Cllr. D McManus and C. Ward and the report was NOTED.
HI.13 Strategic Plan for Housing People with Disabilities
Having been presented in draft form at the May meeting of the Housing SPC, the final version of the Strategic Plan for Housing People with a Disability 2021-2026 was NOTED.
H14 Any Other Business
Members were advised that they may submit items for consideration to be included on future agendas.
The meeting concluded at 7pm.