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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, October 14, 2024

QUESTION NO.16

QUESTION: Councillor T. Costello

If a HAP property does not meet satisfactory standards when inspected what course of action is taken.

REPLY:

Where contraventions of the minimum standards for private rented accommodation as set out in the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2019 are identified, an improvement letter issues to the landlord detailing works to be completed within a prescribed timeframe. Both the Council and the Environmental Health Officers (EHOs) actively work with landlords with the aim of achieving compliance.

Failure by the landlord to complete the required works may result in escalation to enforcement proceedings. These include the following;

Improvement Notice
On recommendation by the EHO, an improvement notice may be served by the Council where there are significant contraventions of the regulations, or a history on non-compliance with improvement letter(s).

Prohibition Notice
On recommendation by the EHO, where a landlord fails to comply with an improvement notice, the Council may serve a prohibition notice. The prohibition notice directs the landlord not to re-let the property until contraventions identified in the improvement notice have been remedied.

Legal Proceedings
On recommendation by the EHO, the Council may consider initiating legal proceedings where a landlord fails to comply with an improvement notice or re-lets a property in breach of a prohibition notice.