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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, July 13, 2020

QUESTION NO. 17

QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor

To ask the Chief Executive how many houses he has purchased for allocation in 2019 and so far in 2020; will he give the details in respect of each Electoral area and confirm plans for further purchases?

REPLY:

A total of thirty-eight second-hand properties were acquired by the Council for social housing provision in 2019 and to date in 2020, seven further such properties have been acquired with another four such properties also currently in the pipeline for acquisition in 2020.  The Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government has advised that funding in 2020 is being prioritised towards the new-build delivery programme rather than acquisition of second-hand homes but that funding will remain available for such acquisitons to support priority housing needs including for homeless households, to meet medical priority, for one-bed properties etc and the Council will continue to examine proposals and opportunities to acquire suitable properties in this regard.

The table below sets out the number of housing acquisitions during 2019 and 2020 by Local Electoral Area:

Local Electoral Area	2019	2020
Clondalkin	17	2
Lucan	9	2
Tallaght Central	3	1
Tallaght South	4	2
Rathfarnham- Templeogue	0	0
Palmerstown- Fonthill	5	0
Firhouse- Bohernabreena	0	0
Grand Total	38	7