Given the points below, what should the vacancy rate be?
I think it was Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown guy on the radio this morning who said theirs was around 1%
> In its statement, the Department added: “At the end of 2021 Local Authorities had a social housing stock of 141,483 homes.
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> “Local authorities will always have a level of vacancy in their housing stock, which will inevitably fluctuate over time as tenancy surrender and re-letting is an ongoing process.
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> “The reasons for vacancy can also vary, and may include units which are marked for demolition and major regeneration or earmarked for sale, for example.
A good preportion are shells with damage from fires, or boarded up due to being vandalised though, and there are houses that are in transition, waiting or undergoing repair, they just don’t have residents.
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Can’t build houses overnight ya know
So a 3% vacancy rate.
Given the points below, what should the vacancy rate be?
I think it was Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown guy on the radio this morning who said theirs was around 1%
> In its statement, the Department added: “At the end of 2021 Local Authorities had a social housing stock of 141,483 homes.
>
> “Local authorities will always have a level of vacancy in their housing stock, which will inevitably fluctuate over time as tenancy surrender and re-letting is an ongoing process.
>
> “The reasons for vacancy can also vary, and may include units which are marked for demolition and major regeneration or earmarked for sale, for example.
A good preportion are shells with damage from fires, or boarded up due to being vandalised though, and there are houses that are in transition, waiting or undergoing repair, they just don’t have residents.