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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, May 09, 2022

QUESTION NO. 7

QUESTION: Councillor L. Dunne

To ask the Chief Executive what is the average time a family spends in a hotel/homeless hub before an offer is made for a social house and what time on the social housing list would a family have before entering such homelessness accommodation? 

REPLY:

The length of time households spend in homeless services varies greatly depending on a range of particular family circumstances including length of time on the housing list, length of time availing of homeless services (emergency accommodation) prior to moving to a family hub, their level of engagement with support workers and whether or not the family is searching proactively for private rented accommodation through the HAP scheme, which generally offers the quickest exit from homeless services.

Choice Based Letting (CBL) is the Council’s primary method of housing allocation and is the best option for applicants to secure social housing, unless they have been approved as a priority applicant (homeless/medical).

The current average time in family hubs is approximately nine months while the average time on the housing list for households allocated accommodation by the Council during 2021 was 9.67 years.