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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE

Monday, March 26, 2018

QUESTION NO. 2

QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor

"To ask the CEO to confirm if he has now had the opportunity to consider the Housing Rights Survey Results produced by Glenshane Women's Group; will he understand the concerns of the local community in respect of the issues and will he confirm actions he proposes in the matter?"

REPLY:

"This report in the main is very negative of the housing function in the area. It specifically mentions housing maintenance and satisfaction rates as well as transfer, housing and homeless applicants. The % quoted in the report seem to be very high when compared with Council records in those area.

South Dublin County Council has 231 houses in stock in the Glenshane area of Tallaght.  These houses were built between 1981 and 2002.

The maintenance of Council houses is divided between the tenant and the Council. The tenancy agreement lists responsibilities of the tenant and the Council for the regarding the houses.

The Housing Maintenance Section is responsible for the management and control of the Council’s rented housing stock. Houses are maintained to a high standard and calls for repairs etc are answered within the designated timeframe.

When this report was produced, there were 29 applications on the social housing waiting list with addresses in Glenshane - 1 of these had homeless status. 

There were 17 applications for transfer and the reasons given were: 

South Dublin County Council is currently reviewing its transfer list and all currently on the list will be contacted.

South Dublin County Council propose to meet with the management group of the Glenshane Womens Group who produced this report in the near future to discuss the findings."