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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN/PALMERSTOWN/NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

QUESTION NO. 7

QUESTION: Councillor Shane Moynihan

To ask the Chief Executive for the number of void units in the Lucan and Palmerstown-Fonthill electoral areas, by month for the past twelve months and to provide an overview of the reasons for the delay in having this voids occupied, and if he will make a statement on the matter.

REPLY:

The Housing Maintenance Section is currently compiling the data as requested.  Unfortunately, due to the volume of the data and the rollout of the new Integrated housing System, a report will not be available until the May meeting. Provided below is the breakdown and status of the 35 vacant properties currently in our housing stock at 31st March 2021 in the LEA is as follows:

Electoral Area	Ready for Allocation	Works in Progress	Tender Stage	Total
Lucan/Palmerstown/North Clondalkin	10	5	20	35

10 properties are ready for allocation and are in the process of being tenanted through CBL and other allocations processes and are generally due to be occupied imminently. Properties with "works ongoing" or "tender process" status are at various stages of completion or procurement, depending on the nature and level of works required.

The re-let period from surrender of property to allocation of new tenancy (key to key) currently averages 19 weeks.  The refurbishment and allocation of vacant housing stock remains a priority under the Level 5 COVID 19 emergency measures to ensure that as many social homes as possible are made available to qualified households.  We continue to examine how we can improve and reduce the time frames and costs associated with re-let works in 2021.