Written answers

Tuesday, 14 November 2017

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government

Homeless Persons Data

Photo of Tommy BroughanTommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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515. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the most recent estimate of the number of persons and families on homeless, housing and transfer lists in Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council by housing area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47956/17]

Photo of Eoghan MurphyEoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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The most recent statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments (SSHA) for which results are available was carried out as at 21 September 2016, providing details on the number of households that qualify for social housing support in each local authority. The full results of the 2016 Summary are available on my Department’s website at the following link:

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My Department is finalising the results of the 2017 SSHA and I expect that the data will be ready for publication within the next few weeks.

Official homeless reports are published on my Department's website on a monthly basis and can be accessed using the following link:

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These reports are based on data provided by housing authorities and produced through the Pathway Accommodation & Support System (PASS).  These reports capture details of individuals utilising State-funded emergency accommodation arrangements that are overseen by housing authorities.

My Department does not hold information on the number of households on local authority housing transfer lists. The management of these lists is a matter for individual local authorities and the numbers fluctuate continually as, for example, households are granted transfers, in accordance with an authority’s allocation scheme, to take up other accommodation options.

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