Over 10,000 households in need of social housing in South Dublin County
By Brendan Grehan
A LOCAL TD has revealed that the county needs 10,000 council houses, reports Brendan Grehan.
Sinn Féin TD for Dublin Mid West Eoin Ó Broin has said that “South Dublin County Council is nowhere close to tackling its social housing crisis”.
The Sinn Féin housing spokesperson's comments come as new figures from the Council confirm that’s over 10,000 households are in need of Council housing.
Deputy Ó Broin said:“There are now 10,208 households in need of social housing in South Dublin County Council according to figures obtained from the Council by Sinn Féin Clondalkin Councillor Mark Ward.
“There are 7,633 households on the standard housing list, 2,470 households on the homeless list, medical list and HAP transfer list and an additional 105 households on the RAS transfer list.”
Deputy Ó Broin says it is the highest level of social housing need since the start of the recession and “demonstrates that the Government’s Rebuilding Ireland housing plan is not working”.
Deputy Ó Broin added: “South Dublin County Council will receive funding from the Department of Housing to build and buy up to 3,000 council houses from 2018 to 2021.
“Some of these will be developed in partnership with Approved Housing Bodies.” He says that the Councils new social housing programme will barely meet the rising housing need let alone tackle the deep level of existing need.
He added: “South Dublin County Council is nowhere close to tackling its social housing crisis. Its targets are too low. Funding from central government is not enough. Unless there is a radical shift in the scale and ambition of the Councils housing programme things will unfortunately get worse.”
