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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
Monday, March 13, 2023
QUESTION NO. 9
QUESTION: Councillor Lyn Hagin Meade
To ask the Manager to describe, in tabular form, the length of time to process social housing applicants' transfers from one council area to another?
REPLY:
Mutual transfers, where two tenants agree to swap dwellings with the consent of the Council, can be completed between tenants of two separate local authorities once approval is given by both authorities. Further conditions also apply including that each property must match the housing need of the prospective new tenant, existing rent accounts are clear, and properties are in good condition. While mutual transfers are facilitated wherever possible subject to these conditions, they are often time consuming and difficult to complete due to changing personal circumstances and preferences. Since 2021, 40 mutual transfer applications have been received by this Council, of which seven involved tenants of other local authorities. Of those seven applications, one is still progressing having been received in September 2022 but of the other six applications:
Six mutual transfers were completed in 2022 and two have been completed to date in 2023.