MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
Monday, July 13, 2015
QUESTION NO.23
QUESTION: Councillor F. Timmons
To ask the Chief Executive for a report on the Homeless and Housing crisis report to include number of house available on CBL by month from January 15 , also how many registered as homeless in SDCC and a breakdown of same and how many are in hotels? how many on Housing list? how often is list updates? are people in rented accommodation still deemed to have a housing need? as much detail as possible.
REPLY:
No. presenting to Homeless Services from 1 January 2015
| Jan 15 | Feb 15 | Mar 15 | Apr 15 | May 15 | |
| Unique Individuals/ Families | 238 | 233 | 185 | 224 | 240 |
No. of households listed as Homeless (accumulative) from 1 January 2015
| Jan 15 | Feb 15 | Mar 15 | Apr 15 | May 15 | |
| Unique Individuals / Families | 233 | 244 | 266 | 287 | 294 |
No. of properties advertised on Choice Based Letting System from 1 January 2015
| Jan 15 | Feb 15 | Mar 15 | Apr 15 | May 15 | |
| No. of properties advertised | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
There were 97 families in Hotel/Bed and Breakfast accommodation as at 31 May 2015.
Currently, there are 8784 approved for social housing. All lists are live and when the Council are informed of changes in circumstances, their files are updated accordingly (subject to staff resources).
Applicants currently living in private rented accommodation are deemed to have a housing need provided they satisfy criteria set out in the Council’s Allocation Scheme. However, in the case of those housed under the HAP scheme, their housing needs are met and they have the option to be included on Transfer list for future social housing options.
