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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, September 21, 2015

QUESTION NO.21

QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor

To ask the Chief Executive to state the number of boarded up Council houses in each of the Electoral areas and will he confirm what action is being taken to make such houses available for allocation.

REPLY:

There were 34 Council social housing units vacant at 8 September 2015, 21 of which are boarded up.  Three of these dwellings are ready for immediate occupation and pre-let repairs are in progress in the balance.  Tenants have already been identified for 19 of these units.   Three of these 34 dwellings were fire damaged and are currently undergoing extensive repairs. In addition there are a number of boarded up private houses throughout the county along with a small number of Council owned stock that is not in our possession for legal reasons.

The average length of time it takes Housing Department to prepare a house for re-let repairs  is approximately 10 weeks. In the nine month period January - September 2015, 114 units were allocated to new tenants. 

Tallaght

Vacant:                           25

Still under repair              22

Ready for allocation            3

Tenant sourced                15

Fire damaged                     2

Boarded up:                     14

Clondalkin

Vacant:                              9

Still under repair                 9

Ready for allocation             0

Tenant sourced                    4

Fire damaged                       1

Boarded up:                         7