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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, September 21, 2015

QUESTION NO.18

QUESTION: Councillor E. O'Brien

To ask the Chief Executive to confirm the number of void housing units currently in the County Council housing stock

REPLY:

There were 34 Council social housing units vacant at 8 September 2015.  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.