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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, November 14, 2022

QUESTION NO. 46

QUESTION: Councillor F. Timmons

To ask the Chief Executive for a detailed report into the waiting time for a council house by year on the list from, 2019 to current date, and what the average waiting time is?

REPLY:

Total allocations numbers (excluding transfers) are listed below from 2019 to 2022, allocations made following advertised and expressions of interest through Choiced Based Letting (CBL) and allocations made based on priority needs (including homeless/medical/age friendly etc.).

Year Choice Based Letting Priority Needs Total Allocations
2019 303 313 616
2020 265 231 496
2021 369 258 627
2022 (to date) 238 171 409

CBL has been this Council’s primary method of housing allocation since 2014 and it allows applicants to remain on the housing list until they secure an allocation in a property in an area that they are interested in, and this is increasingly reflected in long-standing housing applicants awaiting opportunities to make expressions of interest in properties becoming available in new-build and Part V social homes rather than in casual vacancies in existing housing stock.

The table below shows the average waiting time on list of those housed through CBL and overall averages from 2019 to 2022:

Year CBL Average Time on List (Years)  Overall Average Time on List (Years)
2019 11.49 9.12
2020 11.14 8.70
2021 11.60 9.80
2022 (to date) 11.54 9.45