COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, April 10, 2017

QUESTION NO.16

QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor

To ask the Chief Executive to confirm that everything possible is being done to ensure that vacant houses in the Council's ownership are placed back into the housing stock as quickly as possible and in reporting will he state how many houses are currently vacant and also confirm the cost of this exercise during the last calendar year.

REPLY:

Currently there are 55 housing units vacant North and South of South Dublin County Council administrative area which are the two housing area options for applicants.  Of the 55 vacant units, 20 are ready for allocation with 17 tenants sourced with their sign-up dates scheduled.  The remaining 3 dwellings without tenants sourced were advertised on Choice Based Letting system.  The remaining 35 dwellings are under various stages of repair, 20 of these have tenants sourced.  Potential tenants for the remaining 15 dwellings are currently being sourced, which includes housing list, transfers, homeless or medical priority, downsizing and overcrowding applicants, with a view to signing up these new tenancies as soon as the properties are ready. 

When a unit becomes vacant the process of sourcing of a new tenant commences immediately. Depending on the condition of the vacant dwelling, re-let works can usually commence without delay.  Work is always prioritised in dwellings where tenants have been sourced. 

The cost of re-let repairs for 2016 was €2,961,662