COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, December 14, 2009

QUESTION NO. 2

QUESTION: Councillor S. Crowe

To ask the Manager if he will give a report outlining how many empty boarded up houses he hopes to allocate and have occupied before the New Year?

REPLY:

There were 149 houses vacant countywide at end of November, 17 of which were returned to the Council in October and 27 in November.  The breakdown of the vacant list is 34 in Lucan/Clondalkin, 115 in Tallaght and they represent 1.6% of the overall housing stock. 

24 houses are ready for allocation and work is continuing on another 33 units, 31 of which  will be ready for allocation prior to Christmas.  Work will commence on other vacant houses as current ones are completed.

Tenants have been sourced for 25 of the current vacant houses .  It should be noted that 7l refusals of offers have been received to date for all casual vacancies in 2009.