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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE (1)

Monday, April 23, 2012

HEADED ITEM NO. 8

HEADED ITEM: H. Department

The Housing Construction and Procurement Report

REPLY:

Social Housing Leasing Initiative

As at 1/4/12, a total of 142 privately owned properties have been procured county wide under lease arrangements and the properties made available for tenanting by persons on the social housing waiting list.  78 of these properties are in the Tallaght electoral area.  A further 30 cases are currently in process of which 10 are in the Tallaght  electoral area.

Rental Accommodation Scheme

31st March 2012.

1,472  Rent Supplement recipients have transferred to the Rental Accommodation Scheme since the council started implementing the scheme in 2005 .  A combination of transfers was involved however the majority transferred in their existing accommodation.  The remainder was transferred to the scheme in alternative accommodation for a variety of reasons including inappropriate sized property (underaccommodated/overaccommodated) and their landlord being unwilling to take part in the scheme.   Vacant properties were contracted into the scheme to facilitate this category of transfer.

Since their transfer to the scheme some tenants have moved again for a variety of reasons including moving to alternative accommodation, moving abroad, moving to another county, purchasing their own property. 

At the end of March 1,233 families were living in RAS homes in the county.  535 of these families are living in the Tallaght area.

As part of the rollout of  the RAS and the Social Housing Leasing Initiative the management of the inspections regime for compliance with the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations was homed in the Procurement Unit and all homes taken into social use are inspected for full compliance with these standards. 4,440 private rented properties have been inspected so far since the commencement of RAS in 2005.

HOUSING CONTRUCTION

SCHEMES ON SITE

Springfield (Respond) VHA - 190 Units

15 x 3 Bed Apt

48 x 2 Bed Apt

106 x 1 Bed Apt

12 x Group Houses

9 x Short Term Housing

Certificate of practical completion issued August 2011 (allocation of units ongoing)

Mac Uilliam Playground and Landscaping - Playground completed in December 2011. Minor landscaping works to be completed around the outside of Playground and community garden area once ground dries out.

SCHEMES IN PREPARATION

Deerpark - 8 Units

Progress to contract stage in 2012 - dependant on availability of funding from the DOEHLG. Current indications are that this will not be forthcoming.