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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, April 14, 2025

QUESTION NO. 31

QUESTION: Councillor F. Timmons

To ask the Chief Executive for a report on HAP to explain any effects in access to long-term council housing, including how many people in receipt of HAP were offered council housing in the past two years.

REPLY:

Social housing applicants are placed on the housing list in order of date of application. All eligible applicants, including applicants in receipt of the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) are provided with access to the Choice Based Letting scheme (CBL) which is the council’s primary method of housing allocation since October 2011 and operates on a time on list basis.

Applicants are advised to consult the council’s designated website on a weekly basis. Failure to do so may result in missing out on the availability of a suitable property that meets their assessed housing need.

The successful applicant, i.e. the applicant longest on the housing list of those who expressed an interest, will be contacted and offered the advertised property (subject to file review, income and Garda checks etc.). If an applicant has not been successful, they will not be contacted by the allocations team and will be eligible to apply for the next set of advertised properties.

The table below provides a breakdown of the number of allocations made to applicants through Choice Based Lettings for the last two years.

Allocations

CBL- Gen

CBL–HAP transfer list

2023

122

117

2024

213

236

The information provided clearly demonstrates that all applicants are afforded equal access to long-term social housing irrespective of their HAP status.