If you are eligible for social housing, medical approval for housing may be awarded if the following three criteria apply to your household:
- you or someone in your household has an enduring lifelong disability or medical condition and
- the current accommodation is not suitable to meet the needs of the person with a enduring lifelong disability or medical condition and
- a change in housing will improve or stabilise the circumstances of the person with an enduring lifelong disability or medical condition.
You are required to submit the Medical Application Form below, and all the relevant medical documentation to support your case to the Medical Section. These documents will be assessed and you will be informed of this decision. The assessment of the application can take up to 12 weeks and we will endeavour to have a decision to you in writing within this timeframe. There is no need to contact the office during this period as all decisions will be relayed in writing.
Please note all approved applications will be backdated to the date of receipt of the HMD1 Form. You will be contacted if the application is incomplete or any additional information is required. Due to the sensitive nature of the application, we will not return any HMD1 Form to avoid any breaches under GDPR.
Successful applications will be added to the medical waiting list. All allocations from the medical list are allocated in accordance with the allocations scheme which is based on time on list.
Depending on your enduring medical condition, the type of property required will determine your waiting time. If you are considered as having a requirement of ground floor accommodation or wheelchair liveable accommodation, you will no longer have access to the Councils primary method of allocation Choice Based Letting (CBL). An offer will be made via the medical section when a suitable property becomes available and on your time on the list.
All other approved applications where no special adaptations to the property are required will continue to have access to CBL. Medical approval may not reduce your time on the Councils housing list but is geared towards providing accommodation suitable to your long-term needs.
If you are not happy with the decision you may appeal this by writing to the Administrative Officer, Housing Allocations, outlining the reasons for your appeal. If medical approval is awarded allocations will be made in accordance with the allocation scheme.
If medical approval is awarded on the need of ground floor accommodation or wheelchair access you will no longer have access to Choice Based Letting.
Email: housingmedical@sdublincoco.ie
