Received 1 February 2017
Decided
Granted
Request Reference FOI 19/17
Requester Type Business/Interest Group
Meath County Council

1) The latest figures on the number of applications from the Social Housing Waiting List in Meath Local Authority Area, including (if available) a breakdown of the list by family size and length of time on the list. 2) The latest figures on the number of applications to the Social Housing Transfer List from Meath Local Authority Area. To also provide separate figures for the number of HAP recipient on the Transfer List (if applicable). 3) Figures on the opening balance, expenditure and closing balance of the Part V fund from Meath Local Authority for December 2016 and at present. 4) Figures detailing the number of individuals or households presenting to homeless services in Meath County Council in each month in 2016 and to present in 2017, including the number of dependents of each person/household and (if available) breakdown by family size. 5) Figures detailing the amount of funding sought from the DECLG/DHPLG to provide emergency homeless accommodation for households in 2016 and to date in 2017 and the amount that was recouped from the DECLG/DHPLG for this purpose. 6) Figures detailing the number of social housing units that have been commenced by the Meath Local Authority since January 2015 and the date on which they were commenced. 7) Details of the number of approvals sought from the DECLG/DHPLG for social housing construction projects and/or acquisition of housing units for social housing, the number of units for which approval was sought and whether these approvals were granted or not from January 2015 to date. 8) Latest Figures on the number of Vacant Social Housing Units owned by Meath Local Authority in 2017. 9) Statistics on the average of it takes for Meath Local Authority to return a social housing unit that has been vacated back to productive use. 10) The number of applicants to the Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme to date, including the number of successful and unsuccessful applicants to the Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme to date and (if available) a breakdown of the reasons given to applicants for not approving their application