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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, October 14, 2019

QUESTION NO. 21

QUESTION: Councillor Shane Moynihan

To ask the Chief Executive to provide a detailed report as to how it engages with private management companies in relation to housing across the county and if he will make a statement on the matter. 

REPLY:

Multi-unit developments (MUDs) comprise five or more homes (often apartment buildings/duplexes but can also be town houses or stand-alone houses) that share common facilities.

The Council through our Housing Procurement Programme has acquired homes in MUDs through Part V, leasing and direct acquisition.  The Housing Department currently pay fees to twenty-two management companies in respect of 320 social homes with annual expenditure of approximately €190k.

The Council by virtue of its functions and services may have occasion to engage with private management companies for various reasons including but not limited to; Derelict Sites, Dangerous Buildings, Waste Management and Enforcement and Building Regulation Matters.