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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, September 11, 2023

QUESTION NO. 8

QUESTION: Councillor T. Costello

To ask the manager how many homes have been purchased in the county as part of the tenant in situ scheme

REPLY:

The Council has been notified of approval for one hundred and fifty acquisitions in 2023 by Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. We examine all expressions of interest received in relation to potential purchases of properties with tenants-in-situ homes where a Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) or Rental Assistance Scheme (RAS) tenant has received a valid Notice of Termination and all other options available to re-house the tenant have not been successful.

At the end of August 2023, four hundred and nine expressions of interest have been received for potential acquisitions with ninety five properties purchased or at sale agreed stage. A further one hundred and thirty three properties are at valuation/negotiation stage where the Council is seeking to purchase having completed all pre-purchase checks, and another eighty five properties are at various stages of due diligence and pre-purchase checks.

Sales are not currently proceeding in relation to the expressions of interest received for a further ninety six properties due to either the property being vacant/tenant no longer in-situ, the tenant having been made a reasonable offer of alternative accommodation or where the property is the subject to planning issues.