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WQ.449/2021
WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITES
BY SENATOR S.Y. MÉZEC
QUESTION SUBMITTED ON MONDAY 8TH NOVEMBER 2021 ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON MONDAY 15TH NOVEMBER2021
Question
Following the transfer of the administration of the Affordable Housing Gateway Band 5 waiting list to Andium Homes in July 2021, will the Minister advise –
- how many former applicants have not re-applied to remain on this list; and
- the current number of applications on this list, broken down by the number of bedrooms required?
Answer
- The records of 638 applicants were not transferred to Andium Homes because these applicants did not grant consent for their application details to be passed from Customer and Local Services to Andium Homes.
- Affordable Housing Gateway Month End Statistics stated that there was a total of 1,425 applicants on the Affordable Housing Gateway on 31st October 2021.
The number of applicants by bed size on 31st October 2021 was as follows:
• 1 bedroom - 175 applicants
• 2 bedroom - 527 applicants
• 3 bedroom - 661 applicants
• 4 bedroom - 61 applicants
• 5 bedroom - 1 applicant
Please note this data does not currently contain full details of accommodation bedsize requirements; and maybe subject to change following a comprehensive review and update of all applications early in 2022 which will collect this data alongside information regarding each applicant's financial means.