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20% Reduction In The Number Of People & Households In 1 Kildare MD Assessed With Housing Need.

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This may be as some applicants are now in receipt of HAP.

823 people or households have been assessed as having a housing need in the Celbridge Leixlip Municipal District.

573 applicants are in Celbridge, and 280 in Leixlip.

That, however, is down from around 1,000 applicants.

This may be partly attributable to the increasing number of households  in receipt of the Housing Assistance Payment.

People accommodated via the HAP scheme are considered to have their housing need met.

Labour Cllr., Ciara Galvin, says, despite the drop, the scale of need is remarkable.

Cllr. Galvin joined Eoin Beatty on Monday's edition of the programme to discuss all of her motions before the July meeting of the MD

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