Thomas Gould
Ceist:713. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant social housing for 2020, by local authority and month. [18946/21]
Amharc ar fhreagraWednesday, 21 April 2021
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Freagraí scríofa
Local authorities will always have a level of vacancy in their housing stock. This will fluctuate over time, as tenancy surrender and re-letting of stock is an ongoing process. Therefore, ongoing data in relation to the location and date of vacancy of local authority units are not collated by my Department.
However, statistics in relation to social housing stock, at a point in time, are published by the National Oversight and Audit Commission (NOAC) in their Annual Reports on Performance Indicators in Local Authorities. These reports provide a range of information in relation to social housing stock, including the number of vacant local authority owned properties. The most recent report, relating to 2019, is available on the NOAC website at the following link:
https://noac.ie/noac_publications/noac-performance-indicators-report-2019/