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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE

Monday, February 27, 2023

QUESTION NO.

QUESTION: Councillor M. Duff

"Could the Manager please make a report to this Area Committee regarding the number of families or individuals in the Tallaght area on the waiting list, who require adapted social housing. Could he also indicate how many tenants, who not longer require an adapted home, are on the transfer list for standard social housing?"

REPLY:

There are currently 374 applicants approved for medical priority.  Of these 202 have an area of preference South of the Naas Road, of which 61 are wheelchair users.

Medical Priority Need	North of Naas Road	NNR	South of Naas Road	SNR	Total	Total
		(Wheelchair Need only)		(Wheelchair Need only)		(Wheelchair Need only)
1-bed	55	9	84	16	139	25
2-bed	32	9	44	13	76	22
3-bed	49	18	46	19	95	37
4-bed	36	15	28	13	64	28
Totals	172	51	202	61	374	112

 Allocations on Medical Priority

2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
71	44	68	80	6

Approved applicants for Social Housing supports can apply for medical priority by completing an HMD Form 1 which must be signed by 2 medical practitioners.  All HMD Form 1 are assessed by the Councils Independent Medical Referee. 

Our construction and allocations teams, along with the AHB bodies, continue to work on planning for new delivery of homes to meet the existing medical priority housing needs.

With regard to the query of transfer in adapted properties who no longer require them, we have contacted a number of these tenants to discuss the surrender of their current property. We will prioritise these tenants for a transfer based on the demand for their adapted property.