Agenda

To Amend the Dublin City Council Housing Land initiative for Ballymun to include Social Housing of no less than 30% as similar to the other areas in the plan.

That this Housing SPC calls on the Housing Manager to deviate from the scheme of lettings when it comes to detenanting the remaining blocks in O'Devaney Gardens. And also that each tenant will receive a letter of comfort informing them that they will not be legally forced to vacate the two remaining blocks. Recognising that if multiple offers that do not suit the tenant are made they will be refused as is their right and as has been done in the past. There must be full consultation and communication with these tenants and I am again appealing to the housing staff to meet with the tenants to give these commitments. I am not suggesting we lose all sense of reason when it comes to alternative accommodation but what I am suggesting is that we accommodate the remaining tenants needs as quickly as possible. For example a young mother with two girls has been told she won't be considered for a three bed even though two bed accommodation is hard to come by in the area she is looking for and the fact she has a 16 year old and an 8 year old. The practice of deviating from the scheme of lettings has been done on numerous occasions across Dublin. I'll name two Ballymum and Croke Villas. So I am again calling on the manager to deviate from the strict scheme of lettings due to the exceptional nature of this motion. And offer the remaining tenants real alternative accommodation that may not match their needs on paper but make practical sense that will lead to them becoming housed in alternative accommodation quicker.