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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, March 13, 2023

QUESTION NO.8

QUESTION: Councillor Lyn Hagin Meade

To ask the Manager to explain if a social housing applicant can remain on 2 county council (eg DLR/DCC/Fingal) housing lists simultaneously?

REPLY:

A household may apply for social housing supports to one housing authority only, which shall be either the housing authority for the functional area in which the household normally resides or the authority for the functional area with which the household has a local connection.

When applying for social housing supports to South Dublin County Council, applicants can specify up to three areas where they would like to live. At least one of them must be in the South Dublin area, however the other preferences can include areas in the other Dublin Authorities – Dublin City Council, Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown and Fingal.  The Local Authority that the applicants applies to would be the case manager and the preference for the other Dublin Authority is passed on to the relevant authority as a crossover preference.

If an applicant applies for social housing supports and includes another Dublin Authority in their area of preference on their initial application then their time on both lists (South Dublin and other Dublin Authority) accrue from their approval date. 

If, however, an applicant applies to change their existing housing file to include an area of preference for another Dublin Authority, then the applicant only begins their time on list for the other Dublin Authority from that date.  This is necessary as the average waiting times across the four Dublin Authorities vary considerably.