‘89 YEARS TO CLEAR CITY’S HOUSING LIST’ It will take Cork City Council 89 years to clear its current housing waiting list with the situation reaching crisis point, a councillor has said. The council allocated just seven homes last month, while 76 people applied to go on the list. He said this was the worst month for allocations since he joined the council four years ago, and added that the local authority simply did not have enough funding from the Government to repair homes or build new ones. Of the seven allocations, only three were to families, with the other four homes going to single people. With more than 7,500 on the city council housing list, it would still take the council 89 years to clear the waiting list. “Three families housed in the month of May is a disgrace and shows how badly Cork is being treated. “Many of the vacant houses could be let out immediately if we just a little money to make some minor repairs, Figures released to councillors at a recent housing committee meeting show that: Eleven council homes were allocated last month, seven to new tenants while four were transfers. In the same period the Council received 76 new applications. The total number of applicants on the waiting list now stands at 7,510. The City Council has a total stock of 8,743 homes. There is currently 504 homes that are vacant, almost 100 more than this time last year. other city councillors to support a motion and said the revenue received from the tenant’s paying their rent would pay for the loan.
Posted on: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 05:00:25 +0000
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