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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, September 08, 2025

QUESTION NO. 23

QUESTION: Councillor K. Keane

To ask the Chief Executive to indicate what is the final number of properties that will not proceed to procurement/legal stage due to the Governments policy on funding for the Tenant in Situ Scheme which SDCC have now paused.

REPLY:

The council were allocated €25 million from the Department of Housing Local Government and Heritage (DHLGH) for acquisitions in 2025 with revised criteria for acquisitions 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.

The housing directorate undertook a review to determine our acquisitions programme for this year in line with DHLGH criteria, funding, and guidance. To date, we have completed the purchase of 47 homes with another 14 homes currently in conveyancing. This position will be kept under review should additional funding become available.