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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, May 12, 2025

QUESTION NO. 6

QUESTION: Councillor L. de Courcy

To ask the Chief Executive why has South Dublin County Council changed the parameters for the "tenant in situ" scheme, in that the tenant now has to be removed before the sale goes through, thus invalidating the purpose of the scheme in the first place?

REPLY:

We have recently been allocated €25 million for acquisitions in 2025 with revised criteria from the DHLGH to focus on the following priorities:

• Tenancy sustainment / tenant in-situ acquisitions

• Older persons and persons with a disability

• Exits from homeless services and

• Buy and renew acquisitions which tackle vacancy.

We have now reviewed current and potential commitments for acquisitions to determine our remaining scope to support acquisitions this year in line with revised DHLGH criteria, funding, and guidance. We have purchased 22 properties to date this year with another 40 properties currently at sale agreed/conveyancing that we are committed to. The remaining potential acquisitions that are at various stages of due diligence in the purchase process are currently being examined in the context of the revised DHLGH funding and criteria.

Where the council acquires a property with a 'tenant in situ' there is no requirement for the tenant(s) to vacate the property.