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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, November 14, 2022

QUESTION NO. 15

QUESTION: Councillor Patrick Pearse Holohan

If a person unexpectedly end up with a disability that's requires an accessible home and their original home is not suitable to be adopted or in the case of a rental property it's now gone, what will they do in order to get suitable housing

REPLY:

In such circumstances an application for social housing support should be submitted complete with supporting documentation to state the nature of their disability, a completed HMD form 1 and an Occupational Therapy report outlining their requirements.  Such applications are reviewed by the Council's Independent Medical Officer and a decision then made by the Council on eligibility for social housing supports and whether medical priority should be granted or refused.

Applicants approved on the basis of medical priority are placed on the medical list which is operated on a time on list basis and suitable accommodation is allocated through specially adapted new build or existing accommodation when available or provided.

Under the Council's Housing Delivery Action Plan 2022-2026, we are committed to increased delivery of suitable homes to meet the needs of households with medical priority through our own construction programme, Part V delivery, partnership with AHBs and through casual vacancies of specially adapted accommodation in our existing housing stock.