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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, March 10, 2025

QUESTION NO. 15

QUESTION: Councillor P. Holohan

To ask the Chief Executive what is the lowest amount years served on the list in which someone has received a social home?

REPLY:

The council's allocation scheme prioritises applicants based on a range of criteria and allows for the disregard of the standard order of priority in exceptional circumstances. In the cases with the lowest time on the housing waiting list, this criteria was applied in relation to preventative homeless for an older person, allocation of a shared tenancy to transition from a congregated setting to a community based supported living arrangement, exceptional compassionate grounds and in respect of a 'hard to let' property on estate management grounds.

The table below outlines the average and shortest waiting time by property type for all allocations completed in 2024:

Time on list for allocations (years)

1-Bed

2-Bed

3-Bed

4-Bed+

Average time on list (excluding transfers)

8.1

9

9.2

10.7

Lowest time on list (excluding transfers)

1.6

 1.2

1.0

1.4