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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, July 12, 2021

MOTION NO. 15

MOTION: Councillor M. Duff

Given the current demands on the housing stock and the high number of applicants of the Housing List, this Council calls on the Chief Executive to make every effort to identify tenants of South Dublin County Council who are not occupying their Council houses or Units on a fulltime basis and/or have alternative accommodation available to them and to detail what actions he intends to take to address such situations. 

REPORT:

Where the Council has reason to believe that a dwelling is unoccupied and that the household does not intend to occupy the dwelling as its normal place of residence, a notice under Section 15 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 will issue to the tenants requiring them to inform the Council in writing within four weeks if the household intends to occupy the dwelling as its normal place of residence.  Where no response is received within the specifed time period, a further notice can be served terminating the relevant tenancy and taking vacant possession of the dwelling for the purpose of re-letting to an eligible household on the Council's housing list.

In 2020, thirteen such Abandonment Notices and nine such Termination of Tenancy Notices were served while three Abandonment Notices and one Termination of Tenancy Notice have been served to date in 2021.

Our Estate Management team investigates all reports received in respect of abandoned dwellings and members of the public can contact the team in confidence by phone (01-4149000) or email info@sdublincoco.ie.