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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE

Monday, September 25, 2023

QUESTION NO.12

QUESTION: Councillor P. Holohan

"What is the average turn around time in Tallaght of someone entering into homeless services to time they are suitably accommodated based on eg 1 person ,2 people, families?"

REPLY:

The Council continues to work proactively to address the ongoing challenges for households in need of accommodation by increasing new housing supply through partnerships with approved housing bodies, ongoing choice based letting and other allocation options, turning around vacant Council properties for re-letting, supporting HAP tenancies and engaging with landlords on potential tenant in-situ acquisitions.

To date in 2023, there have been 115 allocations to homeless households across the County with an average waiting time of 5.5 years.  It should be noted that there a lot of complex cases with various extenuating circumstances which can distort the overall figures.  See table below with breakdown of allocation by need;

		Adults	Child
1 Bed	36	40	0
2 bed	37	46	31
3 Bed	37	53	100
4 Bed	5	8	29
	115

We have now exceeded our 2022 allocations of 71. We currently have a further 91 properties assigned to homeless households in the coming months.

It should also be noted that 20 offers of accommodation made to families in emergency accommodation have been refused to date this year.

Our allocation team are prioritising allocations to homeless households, including three and four bed homes to reduce family homelessness, and we are also progressing significant numbers of tenant in-situ acquisitions to prevent further homelessness.