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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, May 09, 2022

QUESTION NO. 17

QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor

To ask the Chief Executive how many Housing/Homeless applications the Council has received so far this year; will he detail actions being taken and will he make a statement?

REPLY:

 The Council has received 553 new housing applications to date in 2022 including application requiring homeless supports. 

Increasing housing supply is critical to meetign current housing need, including for homeless households, and the Council's Housing Delivery Action Plan 2022-2026 outlines our approach to meeting the social housing delivery targets set for the Council under the national housing plan, Housing for All. 

Our Homeless Unit provides assistance to those who find themselves homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.  This unit operates an advice clinic in County Hall and provides outreach and place-finding services across the County as well as detailing emergency accommodation options including central placement, self-accommodate, family hubs and other supported accommodation.  Staff in the homeless unit will organise emergency accommodation for those assessed as homeless through the Assessment and Placement Service.