Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 13 January 2016
862. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the percentage of households on local authority housing lists in receipt of rent supplement, by local authority area. [1055/16]
View answerThe 2013 Summary of Social Housing Assessments identified some 89,872 households nationally as qualified as being in need of social housing supports. These results are the most up-to-date and reliable figures currently available. Of this overall number, 46,584 or 52% were found to be dependent on rent supplement.
The results of the 2013 summary provide details on the number of qualified households in private rented accommodation and in receipt of rent supplement broken down by each local authority area. The full 2013 results are available on my Department’s website at the following link:
http://www.environ.ie/en/Publications/DevelopmentandHousing/Housing/FileDownLoad,34857,en.pdf.
Further summaries of social housing assessments will be carried out on an annual basis from this year and will provide up-to-date and comprehensive data on the numbers of households qualified for social housing support on an on-going basis.
