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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, March 14, 2022

QUESTION NO. 18

QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor

To ask the Chief Executive to present a report detailing his efforts to respond to the housing needs of our County; will he confirm contacts he has had with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in respect of targets set and will he make a statement? 

REPLY:

As part of the preparation of the Draft South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, an Interim South Dublin Housing Strategy and Interim Housing Needs Demand Assessment were prepared to ascertain future housing needs in the County. This contains information on the context for the strategy, baseline demographics for the county including current and future population, population per electoral area, age profile etc and baseline housing data including housing stock, tenures, size, social housing provision, social housing list etc.  The housing needs demand assessment contains projected data focusing on future population, household size, age profile, household tenure and composition and a section dedicated to meeting future social housing demand including delivery and targets. (See https://www.sdcc.ie/en/devplan2022/stage-2-draft-plan/appendices/appendix-11-housing-strategy-and-hnda-.pdf for further details).

Based on the strategy and needs assessment and having regard for the Housing for All delivery targets for this Council, a draft Housing Delivery Action Plan 2022-2026 was shared with the Elected Members and submitted to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage for consideration in December 2021.  A formal response from DHLGH in this regard is awaited.