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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, October 09, 2006

QUESTION No. 9

QUESTION: Cllr. Eamonn Tuffy

To ask the Manager if he will provide information on the following: (a) How many applications have been received for Council's Affordable Housing programme since 1 January 2005 ( excluding houses provided under the Sustaining Progress Initiative ) ?, (b) How many of the applicants have been approved as eligible in the same period?, and (c) How many approved applicants have been allocated Affordable Units?  

REPLY

Since January 2005 a total of 830 affordable housing applictions have been received. Of that amount 769 were approved and 364 have subsequently purchased affordable units.

These were in addition to the 193 Units sold through the Property Path to applicants under the Affordable Housing Initiative this year.