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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, October 09, 2023

QUESTION NO.12

QUESTION: Councillor M. Johansson

To ask the Chief Executive how many households have been prevented entering homelessness in 2023?

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.

At 31st August 2023, there have been 108 allocations to homeless households in South Dublin. Of the 108 total allocations 17 were allocated in August, 3 of these were singles of which 2 were Housing First Tenancies and 14 were to families/couples (comprising a total of 21 adults and 36 children). We currently have a further 91 properties assigned to homeless households in the coming months, of which 31 have been formally offered accommodation so far.

In addition to this, there were 141 Homeless Hap tenancies awarded to applicants who did not enter emergency accommodation.  A further 51 Homeless HAP tenancies were awarded to applicants exiting emergency accommodation.