COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, March 13, 2017

HEADED ITEM NO.

HEADED ITEM: C. Performance and Change Management Directorate

REPORT ON A PROPOSED SECTION 85 AGREEMENT REGARDING THE PROVISION OF SOCIAL HOUSING VIA A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP UNDER THE SOCIAL HOUSING STRATEGY 2020.

REPORT:

To the Mayor and                                                                          

Members of South Dublin County Council                                            Report of the Chief Executive

Section 1                      Overview of the Programme

 An over-view of the Programme is given in an information note dated the 1^st March 2017 issued to the elected members on 6th March 2017.

  Section 2                    Selected Site and Units in the County of South Dublin

 108 new social housing units (“the Units”) in the County of South Dublin at Kilcarberry the Grange, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 are to be developed under the Social Housing Bundle 1 PPP Programme pursuant to the Social Housing Strategy 2020

  

Section 3                      Overview of Functions/Responsibilities

The provision of dwellings as social housing support within its functional area is vested in South Dublin County Council by virtue of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009. Dublin City Council will act as the lead local authority for the purposes of the procurement and the management of the Project Agreement under the Social Housing Bundle 1 PPP Programme

 South Dublin County Council will be responsible for obtaining the necessary planning approvals. and will retain the following functions in respect of the PPP social housing development in its functional area:

•  responsibility for the calculation of the tenant’s rents, in accordance with the local authority’s differential rent scheme and100%
•  nomination rights for the Units. 

The land will remain in the ownership of the local authority in whose functional area the development is constructed.

South Dublin County Council will be the landlord for the purposes of the tenancy agreements with the tenants of the Units .

  

Section 4                      Recommendation

I therefore recommend that to give effect to the proposal above and in order to enable Dublin City Council to act as the lead local authority in the Social Housing Bundle 1 PPP Programme and to be the contracting authority in respect of the Units, the following motion be adopted by South Dublin County Council:

• ‘Pursuant to Section 85 of the Local Government Act 2001 as amended South Dublin County Council hereby agrees to enter into an Agreement with Dublin City Council whereby Dublin City Council will carry out such of the functions of South Dublin County Council under the Housing Acts 1966 to 2014 in respect of the Social Housing PPP (Bundle 1) Programme only insofar as is required for the procurement and management of the Programme in respect of 108 social housing units at [INSERT ADDRESS]

 

It is hereby resolved under Section 85 of the Local Government Act 2001 as amended to enter into an Agreement with Dublin City Council for the provision of the services as outlined above.’

  

Danny McLoughlin

Chief Executive

South Dublin County Council