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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, May 09, 2022

QUESTION NO. 5

QUESTION: Councillor M. Duff

Would the Chief Executive inform this Council as to the number of applicants who are twelve years or longer on the Waiting List and how many of those applicants are waiting for suitable four bed accommodation?

REPLY:

There are currently 436 households on the social housing list who have been twelve years or longer on the list, including 24 households with a four-bedroom housing need.

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 with many applicants, who would likely be successful with an expression of interest for available homes, choosing to wait to express interest in specific properties in certain areas.  The average waiting time on list for all allocations completed in 2021 was 9.67 years.