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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
Monday, February 10, 2025
QUESTION NO.1
QUESTION: Councillor D. Adelaide
To ask the Chief Executive to provide a report on details of inspections on privately rented homes in 2023 and 2024. Report to include the total number of inspections carried out; dwellings inspected not meeting regulatory requirements; improvement Letters issued to landlords for improvements to be carried out; Improvement Notices served on landlords for improvements to be carried out; prohibition Notices served on landlords; and Prohibition Notices served on landlords.
REPLY:
Under the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2019, the Council has a statutory obligation to enforce minimum standards in private rented accommodation. Inspections of private rented properties and follow-up actions are undertaken to ensure compliance with the Regulations. Inspections are primarily carried out on the Council's behalf by external contractors as part of a planned inspection programme covering properties supported by Housing Assistance Payment (HAP), Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS), Approved Housing Bodies (AHB) tenancies and private properties. In addition to this planned programme, properties are inspected by the Environmental Health Officers (EHOs) where complaints are reported directly to the Council.
Where properties fail any of the nine regulatory minimum standard items, the landlord is notified of non-compliance and requested to resolve the issue(s) identified with follow-up inspections arranged as necessary. Where there is continued contravention of the regulations further to inspections and improvement letters, the matter may be escalated by the EHOs who may proceed to initiate legal proceedings if the required works are not completed within a set timeframe.
In 2024, the Council exceeded our private rental inspection target of 3926 by 21.55% as set by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
The Council’s private rental inspection team is available to assist and can be contacted by phone 01 4149153 or by email priu@sdublincoco.ie
The details of private rental inspections for 2023 and 2024 are as follows:
|
Year |
Total dwellings inspected |
Total dwellings Non-compliant |
Improvement letters: |
Improvement notices: |
Prohibition notices |
|
2024
|
4772 |
3594 |
4431 |
8 |
1 |
|
2023
|
2732 |
1174 |
2032 |
0 |
0 |