COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
Monday, April 11, 2022
QUESTION NO. 16
QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor
To ask the Chief Executive if he can report any progress over the last 6 months on dealing with the Boarded up Council houses issues;will he give details for each Electoral Area and will he make a statement?
REPLY:
The Housing Maintenance and Refurbishment Section undertake relet works on vacant housing stock throughout the County to ensure stock is brought back into productive use for letting. The average re-let time for all Council properties re-allocated in 2022 currently stands at 27 weeks. In the six months from October 2021 to March 2022, 70 Council properties were re-allocated with an average re-let time of approximately 30 weeks. Our housing allocations, maintenance and estate management teams are intensively managing all aspects of the re-let process, including the surrender process, procurement and management of contractors and their work schedules, the allocation of properties to tenants and the use of the new integrated housing system, to increase efficiencies and to improve our average re-let time.
There are currently 116 vacant housing stock units representing just over 1% of our overall housing stock and shown by status and electoral area as follows:
|
Electoral Area |
Procurement |
Works In Progress |
Allocation |
Totals |
| Clondalkin |
3 |
5 |
4 |
12 |
| Firhouse-Bohernabreena |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
| Lucan |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
| Palmerstown Fonthill |
9 |
17 |
10 |
36 |
| Rathfarnham Templeogue |
1 |
1 |
6 |
8 |
| Tallaght Central |
4 |
1 |
6 |
11 |
| Tallaght South |
14 |
12 |
17 |
43 |
| Totals |
32 |
38 |
46 |
116 |
As can be seen above, allocations processes have commenced for a considerable number of the currently vacant properties. However, with continuing housing delivery through new developments and Part V, the Elected members should note that it is increasingly challenging in comparison to re-allocate vacant existing Council properties in several areas whether through choice-based letting, transfers or providing for priority housing needs.