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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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SPECIAL MEETING OF COUNTY COUNCIL

Tuesday, October 16, 2018

MOTION NO. 4

MOTION: Councillor G. O'Connell

Given the current Housing Crisis which is most severe in the Dublin Region, the elected members direct that the Chief Executive formally write to the Minister for Housing with a proposition for a Pilot Housing Scheme(s) involving appropriate support from the Minister that would enable SDCC, alone or in collaboration with one or more Recognised Housing Agencies, to acquire residential land, in one or a number of plots, either by land swop or through purchase, so as to build 750 to 1000 Social and Affordable Housing units, as a matter of urgency, for persons on the current SDCC Housing list.

REPORT:

The Council has been set a target of delivery of 2,993 units during the period 2017 to 2021 by the Department for Housing, Planning to be met through a variety of measures including our Social Housing Build programme. There are currently 9 schemes under construction that will deliver 350 housing units between June 2018 to September 2019 under this programme.

Planning for the next tranche of social housing build projects has commenced with two Part 8's approved at the September Council Meeting, a further four Part 8 proposals are on the agenda for consideration at this Meeting and an additional 3 proposed schemes have been presented at Area Committee Meetings and the Housing SPC with a view to being developed for Part 8 publication in the coming months. This next tranche provides for in the region of 340 units to be brought through the Part 8 planning process up to May 2019.

In addition, there are a number of additional larger Council owned sites which are being examined and which have the potential to deliver significant numbers of homes.  Proposals for these sites will be brought before the Members in the coming months.

It was agreed at the September Housing SPC meeting that a presentation outlining all of the above proposals will be provided to the Elected Members at a Special Housing Meeting of the Council during October. 

If the Motion is passed, a letter will issue to the Minister for Housing, Planning & Local Government.