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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, September 11, 2023

QUESTION NO. 35

QUESTION: Councillor E. Ó Broin

To ask the chief executive if it can happen that a household that have been granted a tenancy transfer between two SDCC owned properties or from an SDCC owned property to one managed by an AHB can ever be paying double rent in both residences while they move from one to the other?

REPLY:

When a tenant transfers between two South Dublin County Council properties, the original tenancy is ended and the new one is set up with the rent running consecutively. In some instances, if a payment of rent continues to be made with an old rent card, or if a payment is being made by standing order or through household budget, these payments may continue to be applied to the old rent account until the tenant ceases to use the old rent card or the institutions are notified of the new rent account details. If this arises, the Council's rents team will move the receipted payments across to the new rent account to ensure that double rent is not paid.

With regard to a transfer from a South Dublin County Council owned property to an Approved Housing Body property, once the Council's rents team are informed, the original Council rent account is terminated from the date of surrender.