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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, December 14, 2015

QUESTION NO.17

QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor

To ask the Chief Executive to confirm how many boarded up Council houses have been returned to Housing stock this year; will he give details to each electoral area and will he also state his proposals to deal effectively  with this issue in the coming year.

REPLY:

South Dublin County Council currently has one of the shortest turn-around of voids.  166 dwellings were re-let during 2015 with an average re-let time of 9.3 weeks (this figure includes dwellings that needed extensive works due to fire damage etc.) We are proactively working with both Tallaght and Clondalkin Depots to have as many as possible vacant houses returned to use by the end of 2015.    

There are currently 42 dwellings vacant in South Dublin County Council administrative area.   A considerable amount of staff resources have been allocated to the task of re-allocating properties before the end of year.  It is anticipated that in excess of 26 houses of these 42 vacant houses will have tenants signed up during the month of December alone, with the remainder schedule for January 2016.   

A very comprehensive programme has been put in place to ensure the best practice in the inspection, monitoring, repair and allocation of vacant dwellings for 2016. 

In addition to the current re-let programme, there is an anticipated timeframe of a 10 day turn-around for the recently purchased private properties.  Staff have priortised these properties to ensure the efficient turn-around of these properties in order to have tenants allocated and in situ as soon as possible.