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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, February 14, 2022

QUESTION NO. 6

QUESTION: Councillor B. Lawlor

To ask the Chief Executive to outline how the voids funding for 2021 was spent, the number of housing units brought back into use, the mix of units, the average cost per unit and average turn-around time per unit

REPLY:

The Council received almost €1.875m in voids funding from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in 2021 for re-let repairs to 115 Council owned properties.  The average cost of expenditure incurred bvy the Council per property was approximately €24,100 with an average funding approval received of €16,304.

Works were completed on those 115 properties in an average of 25 weeks and the breakdown of unit type by house/apartment and bedroom size was as follows:

Property 1-bed 2-bed 3-bed 4-bed 5-bed Total
Houses 17 7 48 3 1 76
Apartments 15 24 - - - 39
Total 32 31 48 3 1 115