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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, December 09, 2024

QUESTION NO. 5

QUESTION: Councillor D. Donnelly

What provisions are in place for families with a child or children with high or profound needs? If they are given notice from a landlord or a council on entering into homeless accommodation.

REPLY:

The Dublin Region Homeless Executive (DRHE) is provided by Dublin City Council as the lead statutory authority on the response to homelessness in Dublin and adopts a shared service approach across the Dublin region on behalf of South Dublin County Council, Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. 

The Council is committed to providing appropriate housing and support services to meet the needs of housing applicants and homeless persons in the county and continues to work proactively to address the ongoing challenges 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.

Where housing accommodation is sought on grounds consisting of or including medical grounds, consideration will be given on the submission of a completed HMD Form 1.

The Homeless HAP scheme operated by the DRHE on behalf of the Dublin local authorities, provides discretion to exceed the HAP rent limits for homeless households, if this is necessary in order to source suitable accommodation.

The Council continues to work with the DRHE in providing sufficient emergency accommodation in supported temporary accommodation, family hubs and private emergency accommodation.