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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

QUESTION NO. 23

QUESTION: Councillor D. O'Brien

"To ask the Chief Executive for a report on the number of houses that the council have bought on the open market in the Lucan Electoral Area this year and the number bought on the open market in 2015. Please also include in this report the number that were put on the CBL site?"

REPLY:

Eight properies were purchased on the open market in 2015 in the Lucan Electoral area, in 2016 thirteen properties have been similarly purchased to date, three recently purchased will sign Tenancies shortly, two of these are RAS Tenants in-situ, one has been offered to medical priority applicants.

Please note seven of these properties were purchased with Tenant insitu i.e. homeless prevention, the table below shows reason for allocation:- 

Purchased Properties 2015
Allocation Reason	Nos.
CBL	0
Homeless	0
Medical	1
Transfer overcrowding	1
Priority Transfer	2
RAS/Leasing Tenant insitu	4

Purchased Properties 01/01/16-28/11/16
Allocation Reason	Nos.
CBL	0
Homeless	1
Medical	4
Transfer overcrowding	1
Priority Transfer	1
RAS/Leasing Tenant insitu	3