Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 23 July 2020
63. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the average time spent on the housing list by families consisting of one or more persons with one or more children that were socially housed in Cork city in 2019 and to date in 2020. [17614/20]
Amharc ar fhreagraDetails on the number of households qualified for social housing support in each local authority area are set out in the annual statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments (SSHA). The purpose of the SSHA is to capture the total number of households qualified for social housing support across the country whose social housing need has not yet been met, in order to better inform policy and plan for the delivery of the right types of housing support.
The most recent SSHA, conducted in June 2019, includes breakdowns across a range of categories for each local authority, including length of time on the social housing waiting list and household size and can be found on my Department's website at the following link: www.housing.gov.ie/sites/default/files/publications/files/sha_summary_2019_dec_2019_web_1.pdf.
In relation to the specific question posed by the Deputy regarding the average time spent on the housing list by families consisting of one or more persons with one or more children that were socially housed in Cork City in 2019, allocation of social housing support is a matter for each individual local authority and information on the average length of time waited prior to such an allocation is not held by my Department.
Section 22 of the 2009 Act requires all local authorities, as a reserved function, to make an allocation scheme determining the order of priority to be accorded in the allocation of dwellings to households qualified for social housing support and to households approved for a transfer, the allocation of which would, in the opinion of the authority, meet the accommodation needs and requirements of the households.
