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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, September 08, 2025

QUESTION NO. 40

QUESTION: Councillor F. Timmons

To ask the Chief Executive how many homeless individuals and families are currently recorded in SDCC and what is the average time for each on the homeless register?

REPLY:

The table below provides a summary breakdown of the data held at 31st July 2025 for households registered as homeless with SDCC.

Homeless Register

 

Single Male

232

Single Female

80

Couples

15

Families

241

 Total Households

568

The following table provides an analysis of the average time on the Homeless Register categorised by housing need:

Bedroom Need Breakdown

No.

Average Time Spent in Homeless Services (years)

1 bed

308

2 years

2 bed

131

1.4 years

3 bed

102

1.3 years

4 bed

27

2.2 years 

Total households

568

 

123 allocations of tenancies have been made to households in Emergency Accommodation up to 31st July'25.

In addition, 37 households successfully exited emergency accommodation with the assistance of the Homeless HAP and a further 147 households were prevented from entering emergency accommodation with assistance of the Homeless HAP.

We continue 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,  improved turn around times for our vacant housing stock for re-letting.