Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 13 July 2023
479. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will indicate the movement on the waiting lists for social housing in each local authority over the past five years. [35271/23]
View answerDetails on the number of households qualified for social housing support in each local authority administrative area is provided in the annual statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments (SSHA).
There were 57,842 households qualified for social housing whose need was unmet in November 2022. The published summaries for all counties, conducted annually since 2016, are available at:
www.gov.ie/en/collection/62486-summary-of-social-housing-assessments/
Overall, the number of households qualified for social housing nationally whose need was unmet has declined by 14,016 since 2018.
