Data on homeless households in emergency accommodation is provided through the Pathway Accommodation & Support System (PASS). Quarterly reports from lead housing authorities are being published on my Department's website as soon as these are available. In addition, lead housing authorities provide monthly reports on homelessness which identify the number of people utilising State-funded emergency accommodation on a regional and county basis. These monthly reports are also available on my Department’s website at http://www.environ.ie/en/DevelopmentHousing/Housing/SpecialNeeds/HomelessPeople/.
Households that are qualified for social housing support are recorded by housing authorities through social housing assessments. When assessing the housing need of an applicant household for social housing support, each housing authority records, among other information, details on the household’s current tenure such as whether they are living with parents, relatives/friends or homeless. This information is reflected in the statutory summary of Social Housing Assessments which provides details of the number of households qualified for social housing support and on housing authority waiting lists. The latest summary was carried out at 7 May 2013, in accordance with Section 21 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, and the results are available on my Department’s website at
http://www.environ.ie/en/PublicationsDocuments/FileDownLoad,34857,en.pdf.
Details of the Section 10 funding provided by my Department to housing authorities on a regional basis for the years 2009 to 2013 and the allocations for 2014 are set out in the table.
Funding Provided under Section 10 of the Housing Act 1988
|
Region
|
2010
|
2011
|
2012
|
2013
|
2014 - Allocation
|
|
Dublin
|
€40,521,375
|
€35,732,525
|
€32,398,290
|
€31,322,223
|
€31,322,223
|
|
Mid-East
|
€906,842
|
€697,665
|
€839,146
|
€811,275
|
€811,275
|
|
Midlands
|
€666,344
|
€624,897
|
€672,027
|
€649,707
|
€649,707
|
|
Mid-West
|
€3,435,607
|
€2,905,457
|
€3,516,119
|
€3,399,336
|
€3,399,336
|
|
North-East
|
€1,037,617
|
€912,250
|
€910,194
|
€879,963
|
€879,963
|
|
North-West
|
€423,355
|
€406,335
|
€360,865
|
€348,879
|
€348,879
|
|
South-East
|
€1,742,886
|
€2,110,476
|
€1,848,877
|
€1,787,469
|
€1,787,469
|
|
South-West
|
€4,270,143
|
€3,505,749
|
€4,418,967
|
€4,272,197
|
€4,272,197
|
|
West
|
€1,699,288
|
€1,227,696
|
€1,581,478
|
€1,528,951
|
€1,528,951
|
|
Total
|
€54,703,457
|
€48,123,050
|
€46,545,963
|
€45,000,000
|
€45,000,000
|
Under the delegated arrangements for Section 10 funding, the responsibility for rigorous assessment, appraisal and decision making in relation to proposals for funding of particular services including temporary accommodation within the current budgetary allocation rests with the statutory homelessness Management Group of the respective region.
