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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, September 09, 2024

QUESTION NO. 2

QUESTION: Councillor D. Adelaide

To ask the chief executive, since the implementation of the tenants in situ scheme, the total number of requests received from the council, the total number of homes bought under the scheme, and the average wait time from start to finish.

REPLY:

Since the commencement of the tenant in situ scheme to date, 650 expressions of interest have been received for potential acquisitions.  The current status of our responses to the expressions of interest received is as follows: 

• 114 properties have been purchased
• 105 properties are sale agreed/at conveyancing.
• 49 properties have completed due diligence checks and are at valuation/negotiation stage with a view to purchasing.
• 113 properties at various stages of due diligence and pre-purchase checks.
• 269 properties are not proceeding where offers of alternative accommodation have been made, properties not being suitable, tenants no longer in-situ or miscellaneous other reasons.

Timeframes for completion of conveyance can vary. Individual property purchases can be delayed for a number of reasons such as the owner not having full legal title, planning issues, outstanding property taxes or general contractual conditions of sale not in place. In 2024, the average completion time from the date of sale agreement to close is 30 weeks.