Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party)
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735. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the policy with regard to the criteria for inclusion on the housing list of a local authority in particular with regard to the right to housing of young persons both generally and those with disabilities who are involuntarily sharing the family home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15967/21]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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It is open to anyone to apply for social housing support, applications for which are assessed by the relevant local authority, in accordance with the eligibility and need criteria set down in section 20 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and the associated Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011, as amended.

If a household meets the eligibility and need criteria, it qualifies for the suite of social housing supports, including HAP, and is placed on the housing list to be considered for the allocation of suitable tenancies in accordance with the authority’s allocation scheme.

All local authorities have Housing and Disability Steering Groups which have been established under the National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability 2011-2016 (extended to 2021). The role of the Steering Group in each City/County area is to develop specific local strategies to meet the identified and emerging housing needs of people with disabilities, including mental health, in their areas with a view to developing annual targets for the delivery of housing to people with a disability on their housing waiting lists.  All local authorities have put in place their Strategic Plans for a five-year period and these may be consulted on the website of the local authority concerned.