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Close to 1000 people across the Shannonside region waiting on social housing

Mar 10, 2021 09:29 By Shannonside News
Close to 1000 people across the Shannonside region waiting on social housing
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Just under one thousand households across the Shannonside region qualified for social housing support from local county councils last year.

According to new figures, forty-two households in Longford are waiting more than seven years for a home - the highest figure in the Shannonside region.

The Summary of Social Housing Assessments reveals several data linked to households that qualify for social housing support but whose social housing need is not currently being met.

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It shows that a total of 983 households were on social housing lists in the Shannonside region last year - a drop of twenty-five on figures from 2019.

Over half of that demand is being met by Longford County Council where a total of 502 households are on the local authority list for homes.

Of the 291 people seeking council homes in Roscommon, 52 have been waiting less than six months - while the largest number of sixty-seven households are waiting between one and two years and 10 households are waiting seven years or longer.

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In Leitrim, the number of people, waiting for housing for between three to four years dropped from twenty-six to ten year on year between 2019 and 2020 - with a total of ten households also waiting more than seven years for Council houses.

In Longford, 138 people are waiting for Council-owned homes for 1-2 years - with the number of households on the list for seven years or more rising from 30 to 42 between 2019 and 2020.

The majority of people in Longford seekings the Council's social housing help are aged between 30 and 39 - in Leitrim seven householders over the age of seventy are on the social housing list and in Roscommon 16 pensioners are also waiting for social housing assistance.

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