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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, November 10, 2025

QUESTION NO. 18

QUESTION: Councillor N. Whelan

To ask the Chief Executive how many offers of housing have been revoked due to applicants being over the income limit after assessment?

REPLY:

The maximum income threshold for social housing supports is set out under the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and the Social Housing Regulations 2011, as amended and the Social Housing Assessment (Amendment) (No.3) Regulations 2022.

The council do not have any discretion that we can apply to applicants that are deemed to be over the income threshold. 

To date in 2025, eight households were deemed to be over the income threshold for social housing supports which resulted in the withdrawal of an offer of accommodation.