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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, March 11, 2024

QUESTION NO. 17

QUESTION: Councillor K. Mahon

To ask the manager to clarify where responsibility lies regarding maintenance issue in AHB properties?

REPLY:

Maintenance of properties that are in the ownership of the Approved Housing Body are the responsibility of the individual AHB.

Where a Local Authority (LA) property or scheme is managed and maintained by an Approved Housing Body (AHB) on behalf of the Council there will be a service level agreement between the LA & AHB detailing maintenance responsibilities and response times.  A service level agreement will include the following:

• The AHB will be responsible for all internal day-to-day repairs to the property
• If the AHB manages a multi -unit complex on behalf of the Council they have responsibility for the upkeep of communal areas
• SDCC, as owners, are responsible for all structural and major repairs
• The AHB will respond to all repair requests within its published response times depending on the classification of the repair ( Emergency, Urgent, Routine or Cyclical)

If there is failure on the part of the AHB to discharge its obligations regarding maintenance and repair in accordance with the Service Level Agreement, reports can be forwarded to the Council for follow up with the relevant AHB.