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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
Monday, February 09, 2026
QUESTION NO. 19
QUESTION: Councillor N. Fennell
To ask the Chief Executive to outline the Council's current tenant in situ policy.
REPLY:
Our Acquisition Programme 2026 will see capital funding continue to be used for priority categories of need listed below with mandatory criteria as set by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage(DHLGH).
The priority categories are as follows:
- Tenancy Sustainment - Tenant in Situ (TiS)
- Exits from homeless services
- People with a disability and older persons requiring urgent housing responses
Unit cost guidelines apply to all categories listed above with an upper ceiling cost applicable to different unit types.
Under the Acquisitions Programme, TiS is now a tenant-led scheme for households who have received a notice of termination due to a landlord selling the property. Tenants at risk of homelessness should contact our Homeless Services team in the first instance for assessment, after which the team will engage with the tenant to explore all available alternatives. Where households meet mandatory criteria, fall within priority categories, and where all other options have been exhausted, the case may be referred to the acquisitions team, who will engage with the landlord seeking to acquire the property under TiS.
There is no direct referral pathway from landlords to the Housing Department for property acquisition.