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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, September 09, 2019

QUESTION NO. 19

QUESTION: Councillor Teresa Costello

To ask the Chief Executive how many vacant council houses are there in the county and how long, on average, when a house is vacated does it remain vacant. 

REPLY:

There are currently 70 vacant Council rented dwellings (out of a stock of over 9,300 homes) at various stages of the process for re-letting, with :

• 19 at works scheduling stage;
• 29 with refurbishment works in progress;
• 22 with refurbishment works completed and are ready for allocation. 

The average turnaround time from when a home is surrendered to the Council to completion of refurbishment works and allocation & occupancy of the home by a new tenant is currently approximately 21 weeks.