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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, May 11, 2026

QUESTION NO. 15

QUESTION: Councillor J. Sinnott

To ask the Chief Executive to outline what oversight SDCC has to ensure that approved housing bodies managing social housing achieve full occupancy and that no housing unit is left vacant?

REPLY:

The Approved Housing Body (AHB) Code of Practice is a framework, which standardises and tracks the social housing nomination and allocation process between local authorities and AHBs.

Staff from our housing allocations team engage in regular meetings with AHBs to review vacant re-let and newly constructed properties, ensuring timely nominations and allocations to eligible households on the social housing waiting list.

As part of our commitment to improving operational efficiencies and reducing waiting times in the allocation of new social homes we are piloting the advertisement of multiple properties in new AHB housing developments through Choice Based Lettings (CBL). By adopting this streamlined approach, this has led to the quicker allocation of new homes. Applicants are then assigned their new homes in consultation with the respective AHB.